Cornu (pl. cornua) is a Latin word for ''horn''.
Cornu may also refer to:
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Cornu (horn), an ancient musical instrument
People
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Dominique Cornu (born 1985), Belgian road and track cyclist
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Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist for whom the Cornu spiral is named
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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
Places
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Cornu, Prahova
Cornu is a communes of Romania, 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 ...
, a commune in Prahova County, Romania
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Cornu Luncii
Cornu Luncii (german: Kornoluncze) is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast ...
, a commune in Suceava County, Romania
* Cornu, a village in
Bucerdea Grânoasă
Bucerdea Grânoasă (german: Burhardsdorf; hu, Búzásbocsárd) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 2,234. It is composed of four villages: Bucerdea Grânoasă, Cornu (''Kornujalja''), Pădure (''Sz ...
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
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Cornu de Jos (disambiguation) Cornu de Jos may refer to several villages in Romania:
* Cornu de Jos, a village in Cornu, Prahova, Cornu Commune, Prahova County
* Cornu de Jos, a village in Drăgănești, Prahova, Drăgăneşti Commune, Prahova County
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, multiple places
* ''Cornu–'', a prefix used to indicate a relation to
Cornwall
Science and medicine
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Cutaneous horn, an eruption of the skin, mostly in fair skinned persons which can be benign but is often a precursor of skin cancer
Anatomy
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Cornu ammonis, a part of the hippocampus of the brain
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Cornu coccygeum
The coccyx ( : coccyges or coccyxes), commonly referred to as the tailbone, is the final segment of the vertebral column in all apes, and analogous structures in certain other mammals such as horses. In tailless primates (e.g. humans and other ...
, one of two upward projecting processes which articulate with the sacrum
* Cornua of the
hyoid, the greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bones
* Cornu anterius and cornu posterius, parts of the
lateral ventricles of the brain
* Horns of the spinal cord
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Cornu anterius medullae spinalis
The anterior grey column (also called the anterior cornu, anterior horn of spinal cord, motor horn or ventral horn) is the front column of grey matter in the spinal cord. It is one of the three grey columns. The anterior grey column contains motor ...
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Cornu posterius medullae spinalis
The posterior grey column (posterior cornu, dorsal horn, spinal dorsal horn, posterior horn, sensory horn) of the spinal cord is one of the three grey columns of the spinal cord. It receives several types of sensory information from the body, incl ...
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Sacral Cornua
Sacral may refer to:
*Sacred, associated with divinity and considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion
*Of the sacrum
The sacrum (plural: ''sacra'' or ''sacrums''), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spi ...
, two small processes projecting inferiorly on either side of the
sacral hiatus 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
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''Cornu'' (gastropod), a genus of snails
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Cornu aspersum'', species of brown garden snail, formerly known as ''Helix aspersa''
* One of two horn
claspers associated with the penis of a bee drone
See also
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Le Cornu Le Cornu is a surname originally of France, French origin, and in particular from Calvados and the area around Bayeux. It has a number of variants, including 'Cornu', 'Lecornue', 'Lecornu' and 'Cornut'. Tosti comments that it was 'a name that some b ...
, a surname
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Corneanu (disambiguation) Corneanu is a Romanian surname that may refer to:
* Nicolae Corneanu (1923 - 2014), a Romanian metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church
* Leonid Corneanu (1909 - 1957), a Moldovan poet, playwright and folklorist
* Corneanu, a village i ...
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Cornetu (disambiguation) Cornetu may refer to the following places in Romania:
*Cornetu, a commune in Ilfov County
* Cornetu, a village in Șimnicu de Sus Commune, Dolj County
* Cornetu, a village in Căpreni Commune, Gorj County
* Cornetu, a village in Vaideeni Commune, V ...
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Corni (disambiguation) Corni may refer to:
Places in Romania
* Corni, Botoșani
* Corni, Galați
* Corni, a village in Cornățelu Commune, Dâmboviţa County
* Corni, a village in Bicaz, Maramureș, Bicaz Commune, Maramureș County
* Corni, a village in Bodești Commune ...
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Cornus (disambiguation) '' Cornus'' is a genus of woody plants in the family ''Cornaceae'', commonly known as dogwoods.
Cornus may also refer to:
* Cornus, Aveyron, a commune in the 'Aveyron' département of ''France''
* Cornus, Sardinia, an archaeological site in Sardi ...
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Horn (disambiguation)
Horn most often refers to:
*Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound
** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments
*Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...
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