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

The capitulum is composed of several whorls of valves, which gradually decrease in size from above downwards.

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

Both capitulum and physa can be retracted within the scapus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various