crural

[ kroor-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

crural

/ ˈkrʊərəl /

Origin of crural¹

1590–1600; < Latin crūrālis belonging to the legs, equivalent to crūr- (stem of crūs ) leg + -ālis -al ¹

Origin of crural¹

C16: from Latin crūrālis, from crūs leg, shin

The fourth and fifth pairs are larger than the succeeding, and open externally to the crural glands.

The obturatorius nerve invariably comes from the two main stems of the crural.

Do you want me to describe more branches of the sciatic and crural nerves?

A similar condition may implicate the fascia lata of the thigh, or the calf muscles and their aponeuroses—crural fibrositis.

At the extremity of this papilla the modified crural gland of the last leg opens by a slit-like aperture.

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