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Capitulum vs Caput - What's the difference?

capitulum | caput |

In anatomy terms the difference between capitulum and caput

is that capitulum is a small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint while caput is a knob-like protuberance or capitulum.

As nouns the difference between capitulum and caput

is that capitulum is a densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base while caput is the head.

capitulum

Noun

(capitula)
  • (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
  • (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
  • (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
  • (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.
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    caput

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The head.
  • (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
  • The top or superior part of a thing.
  • (UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
  • * Lamb
  • Your caputs and heads of colleges.