0 a Latin word meaning "of the knee", used in medical names and descriptions of the knee or a knee-like structure in the body
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.
