This article is about heads in general. For the heads of humans, see Human head. For other uses, see Head (disambiguation).
Head
The head of a meerkat
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Identifiers
Latin
caput
TA98
A01.1.00.001
TA2
98
FMA
7154
Anatomical terminology
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A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals may not have a head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do, regardless of size.
Heads develop in animals by an evolutionary trend known as cephalization. In bilaterally symmetrical animals, nervous tissue concentrate at the anterior region, forming structures responsible for information processing. Through biological evolution, sense organs and feeding structures also concentrate into the anterior region; these collectively form the head.
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