Crus: alternatives and connections

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.

An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike chara…

To tear limb from limb; to dismember.

To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery.

The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests…

The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.