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 capitulum articulates with the radius bone of the forearm.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The articulating surfaces of the distal humerus consist of the trochlea medially and the capitulum laterally.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Peduncle, narrower, but generally longer than the capitulum; upper part encased with small calcareous scales, with their apices curved inwards, and overlapping each other.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Dimensions.—The largest specimen which I have seen, in Mr. Cuming's collection, had a capitulum 1 and 4/10ths of an inch long; a fine specimen, from Teneriffe, was 9/10ths in length.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles