Genu

(je’-nu) [genu, the knee]. I. The knee. 2. Any structure bent like a knee, as the genu of the corpus callosum, or of the optic tract. G. extrorsum, outknee; outward bowing of the knee; bow-leg. G. -pectoral, relating to the knee and the chest. G. recurvatum, the backward curvature of the knee-joint. G. valgum, inward curving of the knee; knock-knee; in-knee. G. varum. Same as G. extrorsum. 294