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

The capitulum is much elongated, and one inch in length; the peduncle is from six to eight lines long.

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

The corium lining the capitulum is produced into narrow purple crests, which enter the interstices between the valves, more especially along the line separating the upper and lower whorls.

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