title: Communis
text: # Communis
  
  Communis may refer to:
  
  ## Anatomy
  
  * Anulus tendineus communis or annulus of Zinn, a ring of fibrous tissue surrounding the optic nerve
  * Carotis communis, the common carotid artery
  * Extensor digitorum communis, a muscle of the posterior forearm present in humans
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Canis lupus communis, the Russian wolf, a subspecies of the grey wolf occurring in north-central Russia
  * Communis opinio, a Latin phrase referring to "common opinion," or "the generally accepted view"
  * Doctor Communis, a term for Saint Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274), an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church
  * Fratres Communis Vitae, a Roman Catholic religious community founded in the 14th century
  * Res communis, the public domain
  * Sensus communis, the part of the psyche responsible for binding the inputs of the individual sense organs
  