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  • Body part, which consists of a maximal set of diverse subclasses of organ and organ part spatially associated with the skull, it is partially surrounded by skin of head. Examples: There is only one head.
    Digital Anatomist
    University of Washington, 2003
  • Cardinal body part, each instance of which has as its constitutional part some skull. Examples: There is only one head.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The anterior and superior part of a human bearing the mouth, the brain and sensory organs.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The portion of the body containing the mouth, the brain and multiple sensory organs.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Upper, anterior, or proximal extremity of a structure or body, especially that part of an organism which contains the brain and the organs of special sense.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Head, in human anatomy, the upper portion of the body, consisting of the skull with its coverings and contents, including the lower jaw. It is attached to the spinal column by way of the first cervical vertebra, the atlas, and connected with the trunk of the body by the muscles, blood vessels, and...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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