capitulum
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Jerome, in fact, seems to have been the first to unambiguously use the term capitulum to refer to a numbered, titled segment of a text.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2014
The articulating surfaces of the distal humerus consist of the trochlea medially and the capitulum laterally.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The capitulum articulates with the radius bone of the forearm.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Like the integuments of the body, and unlike the valves of the capitulum, these calcified plates are thrown off at each exuviation.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Size and Colour.—The largest specimen was nearly 6/10ths of an inch across its capitulum.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
