cornu

Examples

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• The top of the hyoid bone features the lesser cornu, which resembles a small horn.

• The hyoid bone to the point of the contralateral lesser cornu was removed.

  Academic text (1995)

• One of myetitis, involving the anterior cornu, showed marked improvement.

  Academic text (1994)

• Second, Owen stated that only humans possessed a posterior cornu in their lateral ventricle.

  Academic text (1995)

• Occasionally, the stylohyoid ligament must be amputated from the lesser cornu to improve the mobilization of the hyoid bone.

  Academic text (1999)

• Thus, we can still say that apes don't have a posterior lobe, a posterior cornu, or a hippocampus minor - even though they possess homologues of all these human structures.

  Academic text (1995)

• The styloid process is a bony outgrowth of the temporal bone that extends, by means of the styloid ligament, toward the lesser cornu of the hyoid bone.

  Academic text (2008)

• In the human brain, the posterior cornu of the lateral ventricle is an important anatomical feature.

• Surgeons must be careful when operating near the lesser cornu to avoid damaging surrounding nerves.

Synonyms

H

horn

vscornu

31 1.4

A part shaped like the hard point on an animal's head that sticks out

is the anatomical term for such curved pointed body structures

Surface Forms

Etymology