''Communis'' may refer to:

Anatomy

Anulus tendineus communis The common tendinous ring, also known as the annulus of Zinn, or annular tendon, is a ring of fibrous tissue surrounding the optic nerve at its entrance at the apex of the orbit. It is the common origin of the four recti muscles of the group of ex ...

or annulus of Zinn, a ring of fibrous tissue surrounding the optic nerve *

Carotis communis In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) (Entry "carotid"
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Extensor digitorum communis The extensor digitorum muscle (also known as extensor digitorum communis) is a muscle of the posterior forearm present in humans and other animals. It extends the medial four digits of the hand. Extensor digitorum is innervated by the posterior int ...

, a muscle of the posterior forearm present in humans

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Canis lupus communis The Eurasian wolf (''Canis lupus lupus''), also known as the common wolf,Mech, L. David (1981), ''The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species'', University of Minnesota Press, p. 354, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Euro ...

'', the Russian wolf, a subspecies of the grey wolf occurring in north-central Russia * '' Communis opinio'', a Latin phrase referring to "common opinion," or "the generally accepted view" *

Doctor Communis Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wit ...

, a term for Saint Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274), an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church *

Fratres Communis Vitae The Brethren of the Common Life (Latin: Fratres Vitae Communis, FVC) was a Roman Catholic pietist religious community founded in the Netherlands in the 14th century by Gerard Groote, formerly a successful and worldly educator who had had a religio ...

, a Roman Catholic religious community founded in the 14th century * ''

Res communis ''Res communis'' is a concept or doctrine. The expression is a Latin term derived from Roman law that preceded today's concepts of the commons and common heritage of mankind. It has relevance in international law and common law. In the 6th century ...

'', the public domain * ''

Sensus communis ''Common Sense'' is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arg ...

'', the part of the psyche responsible for binding the inputs of the individual sense organs

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