Term Name:	cerebral crus
Synonyms:	base of cerebral peduncle, basis cerebri (Oertel), basis pedunculi (Oertel), basis pedunculi cerebri (Willis), CCR, cerebral peduncle, basal part, crura cerebri, crus cerebri, crus of the cerebral peduncle, pars neo-encephalica pedunculi, pedunculus cerebri, pars basalis, pes pedunculi, pes pedunculi of midbrain
Definition:	The cerebral crus is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, the plural of which is cerebral crura. In some older texts, it is used as a synonym for the entire cerebral peduncle, not just the anterior portion of it. [WP,unvetted].
Ontology:	Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002631]