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

Cornu (horn) A ''cornu'' or ''cornum'' ( lat, cornū, cornūs or cornum, " horn", plural ''cornua'', sometimes translated misleadingly as "cornet") was an ancient Roman brass instrument about long in the shape of a letter 'G'. The instrument was braced by a c ...

, an ancient musical instrument

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Dominique Cornu Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985) is a Belgian retired road and track cyclist from Flanders, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the time trial discipline. Career Cornu was born in Beveren. At the 2006 Worl ...

(born 1985), Belgian road and track cyclist *

Marie Alfred Cornu Marie Alfred Cornu (; 6 March 1841 – 12 April 1902) was a French physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. Life Cornu was born at Orléans to François Cornu and Sophie Poinsellier. He was educated at the École polytechni ...

, French physicist for whom the Cornu spiral is named *

Paul Cornu Paul Cornu (; June 15, 1881 – 6 June 1944) was a French engineer. Life Paul Cornu, of Romanian origins, was born in Glos la Ferrière, France and was one of thirteen children. At a young age, he helped his father in his transports company. H ...

(1881–1944), French engineer sometimes credited as the creator of the first helicopter

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Cornu, Prahova Cornu is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cornu de Jos, Cornu de Sus and Valea Oprii; the administrative centre is Cornu de Jos. The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, next ...

, a commune in Prahova County, Romania * Cornu Luncii, a commune in Suceava County, Romania * Cornu, a village in Bucerdea Grânoasă Commune, Alba County, Romania * Cornu, a village in

Orodel Orodel is a Commune in Romania, commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 3,242 people. It is composed of five villages: Bechet, Călugărei, Cornu, Orodel, and Teiu. Natives *Sorin Cârțu *Ilie G. Murgulescu *Nuța Olaru *Vi ...

Commune, Dolj County, Romania * Cornu de Jos (disambiguation), multiple places * ''Cornu–'', a prefix used to indicate a relation to

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

Science and medicine

Cutaneous horn Cutaneous horns, also known by the Latin name ''cornu cutaneum'', are unusual keratinous skin tumors with the appearance of horns, or sometimes of wood or coral. Formally, this is a clinical diagnosis for a "conical projection above the surface of ...

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

Anatomy

Cornu ammonis The hippocampus proper refers to the actual structure of the hippocampus which is made up of three regions or subfields. The subfields CA1, CA2, and CA3 use the initials of Hippocampus#Name, cornu Ammonis, an earlier name of the hippocampus. St ...

, a part of the hippocampus of the brain * Cornu coccygeum, one of two upward projecting processes which articulate with the sacrum * Cornua of the

hyoid The hyoid bone (lingual bone or tongue-bone) () is a horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. At rest, it lies between the base of the mandible and the third cervical vertebra. ...

, the greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bones * Cornu anterius and cornu posterius, parts of the

lateral ventricles The lateral ventricles are the two largest ventricles of the brain and contain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Each cerebral hemisphere contains a lateral ventricle, known as the left or right ventricle, respectively. Each lateral ventricle resemble ...

of the brain * Horns of the spinal cord ** Cornu anterius medullae spinalis ** Cornu posterius medullae spinalis * Sacral Cornua, two small processes projecting inferiorly on either side of the

sacral hiatus The sacrum (plural: ''sacra'' or ''sacrums''), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30. The sacrum situates at the upper, back part o ...

leading into the sacral canal * Uterine cornu, one of two

uterine horns The uterine horns (cornua of uterus) are the points in the upper uterus where the fallopian tubes exit to meet the ovaries. They are one of the points of attachment for the round ligament of uterus (the other being the mons pubis). They also prov ...

, located near the entry of the Fallopian tube

Zoology

* ''Cornu'' (gastropod), a genus of snails ** ''

Cornu aspersum ''Cornu aspersum'' (syn. ''Cryptomphalus aspersus''), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, this species may ...

'', species of brown garden snail, formerly known as ''Helix aspersa'' * One of two horn

clasper In biology, a clasper is a male anatomical structure found in some groups of animals, used in mating. Male cartilaginous fish have claspers formed from the posterior portion of their pelvic fin which serve to channel semen into the female's c ...

s associated with the penis of a bee drone

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