Word Meaning

Meaning of "crus" and the crossword clue

- French vineyard
- Part of the hind limb
- the shank
- That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
- Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.