Cornu

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

  • Cornu (horn), an ancient musical instrument

People:

  • Dominique Cornu, a Belgian road and track cyclist, born 1985.
  • Marie Alfred Cornu, a physicist for whom the Cornu spiral is named
  • Paul Cornu, an engineer sometimes credited as the creator of the first helicopter

Places:

  • Cornu, Prahova, a commune in Prahova County, Romania
  • Cornu, a village in Bucerdea Grânoasă Commune, Alba County, Romania
  • Cornu, a village in Orodel Commune, Dolj County, Romania
  • Cornu de Jos (disambiguation), multiple places
  • Cornu Luncii, a commune in Suceava County, Romania
  • Cornu–, a prefix used to indicate a relation to Cornwall

In zoology:

  • Cornu (subgenus), a subgenus of snails of the genus Helix

In anatomy:

  • Cornu ammonis, a part of the hippocampus of the brain
  • Cornu anterius, cornu inferius, and cornu posterius, parts of the lateral ventricle of the brain
  • Cornu anterius, or anterior horn, of the spinal cord
  • Cornu coccygeum, one of two upward projecting processes which articulate with the sacrum
  • Cornua of the hyoid, the greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bones
  • Sacral Cornua, two small processes projecting inferiorly on either side of the sacral hiatus leading into the sacral canal.
  • Uterine cornu, or uterine horn, located near the entry of the Fallopian tube

In Medicine

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