Cornu

Cornu (pl. cornua) is a Latin word for horn. Cornu may also refer to:

• Cornu (horn), an ancient musical instrument

People:

• Dominique Cornu, a Belgian road and track cyclist, born 1985.
• Marie Alfred Cornu, a physicist for whom the Cornu spiral is named
• Paul Cornu, an engineer sometimes credited as the creator of the first helicopter

Places:

• Cornu, Prahova, a commune in Prahova County, Romania
• Cornu, a village in Bucerdea Grânoasă Commune, Alba County, Romania
• Cornu, a village in Orodel Commune, Dolj County, Romania
• Cornu de Jos (disambiguation), multiple places
• Cornu Luncii, a commune in Suceava County, Romania
• Cornu–, a prefix used to indicate a relation to Cornwall

In zoology:

• Cornu (subgenus), a subgenus of snails of the genus Helix

In anatomy:

• Cornu ammonis, a part of the hippocampus of the brain
• Cornu anterius, cornu inferius, and cornu posterius, parts of the lateral ventricle of the brain
• Cornu anterius, or anterior horn, of the spinal cord
• Cornu coccygeum, one of two upward projecting processes which articulate with the sacrum
• Cornua of the hyoid, the greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bones
• Sacral Cornua, two small processes projecting inferiorly on either side of the sacral hiatus leading into the sacral canal.
• Uterine cornu, or uterine horn, located near the entry of the Fallopian tube

In Medicine

• Cutaneous horn, an eruption of the skin, mostly in fair skinned persons which can be benign but is often a precursor of skin cancer.

See also

• Horn (disambiguation)

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