This article is about human anatomy. For the heads of other animals, see Head. For the game developer, see Human Head Studios. For other uses, see Head (disambiguation).
Human head
The human head drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
Details
Identifiers
Latin
caput
MeSH
D006257
TA98
A01.1.00.001
TA2
98
FMA
7154
Anatomical terminology
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In human anatomy, the head is at the top of the human body. It supports the face and is maintained by the skull, which itself encloses the brain.
In human anatomy, the head is at the top of the human body. It supports the face and is maintained by the skull, which itself encloses the brain. The human...
HumanHead Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer located in Madison, Wisconsin. HumanHead Studios was founded in October 1997 by a group...
This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy, with muscle counts and other information. Skeletal muscle maps Anterior view Posterior view...
Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the pseudoscientific concept of the spontaneous combustion of a living (or recently deceased) human body without...
A shrunken head is a severed and specially-prepared humanhead – often decreased to many times smaller than typical size – that is used for trophy, ritual...
concentrate into the anterior region; these collectively form the head. The humanhead is an anatomical unit that consists of the skull, hyoid bone and...
The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the human...
The treatment of human lice is the removal of head lice parasites from human hair. It has been debated and studied for centuries. However, the number...
protocol the grafted heads survived up to six months. In 2013, Sergio Canavero published a protocol that he said would make humanhead transplantation possible...
openings in the skull called fenestrae. The human skull is the bone structure that forms the head in the human skeleton. It supports the structures of the...
The diameter of human hair varies from 0.017 to 0.18 millimeters (0.00067 to 0.00709 in). Some of these characteristics in humans' head hair vary by race:...
The human nose is the first organ of the respiratory system. It is also the principal organ in the olfactory system. The shape of the nose is determined...
Inmyeonjo (Korean) – bird with a human face Kalavinka (Buddhist) – a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a humanhead and a bird's torso and long...
many hairs are on a humanhead in total and per square inch?". curlcentric.com. Retrieved April 18, 2022. "Number of hairs on humanhead". harvard.edu. Archived...
Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is inevitably fatal to humans and most animals, since it deprives the brain...
warning to spectators. The head may be a humanhead or an animal head. The earliest known archeological evidence for mounting heads on stakes has been identified...
animal's head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity...
In human anatomy, the mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and produces saliva. The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane...
In November 2019, HumanHead Studios shut down while Bethesda established a new studio, Roundhouse Studios, offering all HumanHead employees a position...
binaural effect: Dummy head recording The dummy head or Head and Torso Simulator (HATS) are based upon the average dimensions of a humanhead and torso. They...
relation of the elements of the human body to each other and to the whole. These ratios are used in depictions of the human figure and may become part of...
ears of vertebrates are placed somewhat symmetrically on either side of the head, an arrangement that aids sound localization. The ear develops from the first...
Humans (Homo sapiens) or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo. They are...
Head massage or scalp massage is a form of massage directed towards the scalp or head of the recipient. One such massage device is the "Orgasmatron",...
Headhunting is the practice of hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing the victim, although sometimes more portable body parts (such...
the human body. It consists of head, hair, neck, torso (which includes the thorax and abdomen), arms and hands, legs and feet. The study of the human body...
the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. In Greek tradition, the sphinx is a treacherous and merciless being with the head of...
only on human blood and are only able to survive on humanhead hair. When adults, they are about 2 to 3 mm long. When not attached to a human, they are...
In human anatomy, the forehead is an area of the head bounded by three features, two of the skull and one of the scalp. The top of the forehead is marked...