Exempel på genu

• This location generally corresponded to the rostro-caudal level of the genu of the arcuate sulcus.

• It occupies most of the anterior cingulate gyrus in an arc around the genu of corpus callosum.

• It is continuous around the genu of the corpus callosum with the supracallosal gyrus.

• Genu recurvatum is also called knee hyperextension and back knee.

• The knees may be angled backwards (genu recurvatum).

• Anterior cingulate cortex can further be divided in the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex (near the genu) and midcingulate cortex.

• Evidence suggests that the genu of the corpus callosum does not contribute significantly to any one cognitive domain in the elderly.

• If the conditions persists and worsens later in life, surgery may be required to relieve pain and complications resulting from severe or hereditary genu valgum.

• In genu recurvatum (back knee), normal extension is increased.

• It is continued anteriorly by the subgenual area (area 25, located below the genu of the corpus callosum).

• Many of these concern women, who are forbidden from seeing certain "genu" (pl. "gle").

• In the general population of people without either "genu valgum" or "genu varum", the femoral-tibial angle is about 175 degrees.

• In the condition "genu valgum" (knock knee) the femurs converge so much that the knees touch one another.

• Mild genu valgum can be seen in children from ages 2 to 5, and is often corrected naturally as children grow.

• Adults with uncorrected genu valgum are typically prone to injury and chronic knee problems such as chondromalacia and osteoarthritis.