genu

n. pl. Genua .

[L., the knee.]
(Anat.) (a) The knee. (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

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The knee or any structure similar to the knee.

Pl. genua [L.] the knee.

• g. extrorsum — bowleg.
• g. of facial nerve — the bend in the facial nerve at the lateral end of the internal acoustic meatus.
• g. introrsum — knock-knee.
• g. recurvatum — hyperextensibility of the knee joint.
• g. valgum — knock-knee.
• g. varum — bowleg.

IN BRIEF: n. - Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.