caput

nouns

a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure

"the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"

caput

is a type of (narrower)

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

"he stuck his head out the window"

caput, head