ge'nu, gen. ge'nus, pi. gen'ua

[L.] 1. The knee. 2. Any structure of angular shape resembling a flexed knee. g. cap's ulse inter'nse [BNA], genu, or knee, of the internal capsule, the obtuse angle, opening laterally in the horizontal plane, formed by the union of the two limbs, pars frontal is and pars occipital is, of the internal capsule. g. cor'por is callo'si [BNA], knee of the corpus callosum, the anterior extremity of the corpus callosum which here folds downward and backward on itself, terminating in the rostrum, g. eztror's um, g. varum, g. inter'num rad'icis ner'vi facial is [BNA], genu, or internal knee, of the root of the facial nerve, the fibers of the root of the facial nerve curving around the abducens nucleus in the pons. g. recurva'tnm, a condition of super extension of the knee, the lower extremity making a curve with concavity looking forward, g. val'gum, knock-knee, inknee; a deformity marked by abduction of the leg in relation to the thigh, the knee forming an angle with outer surface looking toward its fellow, g. va'rum, bowleg, g. extrorsum, an outward bowing of the legs.