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

Metopochetus ''Metopochetus'' is a genus of stilt-legged flies. ''Crus'' is a subgenus. Species within ''Metopochetus'' are: * '' Metopochetus aequalis'' * '' Metopochetus aitkeni'' * '' Metopochetus aper'' * '' Metopochetus bickeli'' * '' Metopochetus clarus ...

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Crus (lower leg) The leg is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or buttock region. The major bones of the leg are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), and adjacent fibula. There are 30 bones in ...

*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 was originally used to refer to both a region and anything grown in it, but is now mostly used to refer to both a vineyard and its wine ...

*CRUs, an abbreviation of

Civil Resettlement Units Civil Resettlement Units (CRUs) was a scheme created during the Second World War by Royal Army Medical Corps psychiatrists to help British Army servicemen who had been prisoners of war (POWs) to return to civilian life, and to help their famil ...

* 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 anti ...

crus of cerebrum The cerebral crus (crus cerebri. ''crus'' means ‘leg’ in Latin.) is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, traveling from the cerebral cortex to the pons and spine. The plural of which is cerebral crura. ...

crus of clitoris The clitoral crura (: clitoral crus) are two erectile tissue structures, which together form a "V" shape. ''Crus'' is a Latin word that means "leg". Each "leg" of the ''V'' converges on the clitoral body. At each divergent point is a corpus ca ...

crus of diaphragm The crus of diaphragm (: crura), refers to one of two tendinous structures that extends below the diaphragm to the vertebral column. There is a right crus and a left crus, which together form a tether for muscular contraction. They take their na ...

* crus of fornix * crus of heart *

crus of penis The two crura of penis (one crus on each side) constitute the root of penis along with the bulb of penis. The two crura flank the bulb – one to each side of the bulb. Each crus is attached at the angle between the perineal membrane and ischi ...

*crura of the

stapes The ''stapes'' or stirrup is a bone in the middle ear of humans and other tetrapods which is involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. This bone is connected to the oval window by its annular ligament, which allows the f ...

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 inferio ...

*a leg-like structure of the

little skate The little skate (''Leucoraja erinacea'') is a species of 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 northwestern ...

, used for locomotion

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