[TA] SYN: head. [L.]
- c. breve [TA] SYN: short head.
- c. breve musculi bicipitis brachii [TA] SYN: short head of biceps brachii.
- c. breve musculi bicipitis femoris [TA] SYN: short head of biceps femoris.
- c. costae [TA] SYN: head of rib.
- c. epididymidis [TA] SYN: head of epididymis.
- c. femoris [TA] SYN: head of femur.
- c. fibulae [TA] SYN: head of fibula.
- c. humerale [TA] SYN: humeral head.
- c. humerale musculi flexoris carpi ulnaris humeral head of flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. See humeral head.
- c. humeri [TA] SYN: head of humerus.
- c. humeroulnare musculi flexoris digitorum superificialis [TA] SYN: humeroulnar head of flexor digitorum superficialis muscle.
- c. laterale [TA] SYN: lateral head.
- c. longum [TA] SYN: long head.
- c. mallei [TA] SYN: head of malleus.
- c. mandibulae [TA] SYN: head of mandible.
- c. mediale [TA] SYN: medial head.
- c. medusae 1. varicose veins radiating from the umbilicus, seen in the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome; 2. dilated ciliary arteries girdling the corneoscleral limbus in rubeosis iridis. SYN: Medusa head. [Medusa, G. myth. char.]
- c. obliquum [TA] SYN: oblique head.
- c. obliquum musculi adductoris hallucis oblique head of adductor hallucis muscle. See oblique head.
- c. obliquum musculi adductoris pollicis oblique head of adductor pollicis muscle. See oblique head.
- c. ossis femoris SYN: head of femur.
- c. ossis metacarpalis [TA] SYN: head of metacarpal.
- c. ossis metatarsalis [TA] SYN: head of metatarsal.
- c. pancreatis [TA] SYN: head of pancreas.
- c. quadratum a head of large size and square shape, owing to thickened parietal and frontal eminences, seen in rachitic children.
- c. stapedis [TA] SYN: head of stapes.
- c. succedaneum an edematous swelling formed on the presenting portion of the scalp of an infant during birth; the effusion overlies the periosteum and consists of edema; contrasted with cephalhematoma, in which condition the effusion lies under the periosteum and consists of blood.
- c. superficiale musculi flexoris pollicis brevis [TA] SYN: superficial head of flexor pollicis brevis.
- c. tali [TA] SYN: head of talus.
- c. transversum [TA] SYN: transverse head.
- c. transversum musculi adductoris hallucis transverse head of adductor hallucis muscle. See transverse head.
- c. transversum musculi adductoris pollicis transverse head of adductor pollicis muscle. See transverse head.
- c. ulnae [TA] SYN: head of ulna.
- c. ulnare [TA] SYN: ulnar head.
- c. ulnare musculi flexoris carpi ulnaris ulnar head of flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. See ulnar head.
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1) a knoblike protuberance (as of a bone or muscle)
2) CAPUT SUCCEDANEUM
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cap·ut (kapґət) pl. capґita [L.] 1. [TA] head: the superior extremity of the body, comprising the cranium and face, and containing the brain, the organs of special sense, and the first organs of the digestive system. 2. the expanded or chief extremity of an organ or part.Medical dictionary. 2011.