Caput

n.	1.	(Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
	2.	The top or superior part of a thing.
	3.	(Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. - Lamb. Caput mortuum (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.

Noun	1.	caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"
	2.	caput - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" Synonyms: head

bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance