CRURA
\kɹˈʊ͡əɹə], \kɹˈʊəɹə], \k_ɹ_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə]\
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[Latin] The shanks; leg-like or columnar structures; lumbar part of diaphragm muscle fibres; proximal processes of corpora cavernosa penis; branches of incus and stapes; pillars of subcutaneous inguinal ring; posterior pillars of fornix; crura cerebri, q.v.
By J.H. Kenneth
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The plural of crus,a leg. (F.) Cuisse. Applied to some parts of the body, from their resemblance to legs or roots; as the Crura cerebri, Crura cerebelli, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland