cornu
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cornua
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Origin of cornu
First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras ( see cerat-), krāníon cranium
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The study demonstrates that slow waves and sleep spindles can originate from axons within the hippocampus' cornu ammonis 3 region.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024
They usually form in connection with the third cleft, and are met with in the region of the great cornu of the hyoid bone, to which the wall of the cyst is almost always attached.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Every lemur which has yet been examined, in fact, has its cerebellum partially visible from above, and its posterior lobe, with the contained posterior cornu and hippocampus minor, more or less rudimentary.
From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers) Mitchell
The choroid plexus of the pia mater turns round the gyrus hippocampi, and enters the descending cornu through the lateral part of the great transverse fissure between the taenia hippocampi and optic thalamus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
There is, moreover, no bulla supporting the middle ear, and the tympanic membrane stretches between the squamosal in front and the anterior cornu of the hyoid behind.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Also in the parish of Wotton Basset are found petrified oyster shells; and there are also found cornua ammonis of a reddish gray, but not very large.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey
The lateral cornua are broad, flat, cartilaginous lateral extensions from the bases of the anterior cornua.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
Thus a human uterus furnished with cornua may be said to represent in a rudimentary condition the same organ in its normal state in certain mammals.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
The cold, pale, chaste moon comes forth from behind the cloud, determined to reveal every iota of transgression: no farther chance of concealment here—Reparat sua cornua Phœbe.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
The most marked action of the drug is upon the anterior cornua of grey matter in the spinal cord.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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