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Caput
1. The upper or front part of an animal's body that contains the brain, special sense organs for seeing (eyes), hearing (ears), smelling (nose), and tasting (mouth), as well as other structures.

2. The top, front, or larger extremity, rounded or expanded, of any organ, body, or bodily structure. An extremity is one of the ends of a long or pointed structure. See below for examples.

3. The end of a muscle that connects with the less moveable part of the skeleton.

4. The rounded end of a bone, usually long bones.

These definitions of caput are also known as head. More than one caput is known as capitus or capita. Caput is Latin for "head."