Crus can refer to: *''Crus'', a subgenus of the fly genus '' Metopochetus'' *

Crus (lower leg) The human leg, in the general word sense, is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or gluteal region. However, the definition in human anatomy refers only to the section of the lower limb ex ...

*Crus, a plural of

Cru (wine) Cru is a wine term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. It is a French word which is traditionally translated as "growth", as is the past participle of the verb "croître" (to grow); it literally means 'grown'. The ...

*CRUs, an abbreviation of Civil Resettlement Units * Rektorenkonferenz der Schweizer Universitäten (CRUS; English: Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities) Crus (: ''crura'') can also refer to other anatomical structures that are leg-shaped: *crura of

antihelix The antihelix (anthelix) is a part of the visible ear; the pinna. The antihelix is a curved prominence of cartilage parallel with and in front of the helix on the pinna. The antihelix divides above into two ''legs'' or crura; the ''crura antiheli ...

* crus of cerebrum * crus of clitoris * crus of diaphragm * crus of fornix * crus of heart *

crus of penis For their anterior three-fourths the corpora cavernosa penis lie in intimate apposition with one another, but behind they diverge in the form of two tapering processes, known as the crura, which are firmly connected to the ischial rami. Traced f ...

*crura of the stapes *

crura of superficial inguinal ring The superficial inguinal ring is bounded below by the crest of the pubis; on either side by the margins of the opening in the aponeurosis, which are called the crura of the ring; and above, by a series of curved intercrural fibers. * The infe ...

*a leg-like structure of the

little skate The little skate (''Leucoraja erinacea'') is a species of Skate (fish), skate in the family Rajidae, found from Nova Scotia to North Carolina on sand or gravel habitats. They are one of the dominant members of the demersal fish community in the n ...

, used for locomotion

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