Ramus

Ramus can refer to:

A branch (botany)
A portion of a bone (from Latin ramus, "branch"), as in the Ramus of the mandible or Superior pubic ramus
A nerve ramus such as the Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve
Petrus Ramus
A taxonomic rank ("branch" in English) intermediate between subkingdom and infrakingdom.
Webster, Illinois, a settlement initially known as "Ramus"

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