"caput" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
is a type of: external body part - any body part visible externally

subtypes: human head - the head of a human being
has:
- muzzle - forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
- ear - the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- arteria basilaris, basilar artery - an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear
- brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- skull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
- face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- temple - the flat area on either side of the forehead
is a part of:
- animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- body, organic structure - the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
same as: head