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head

Anterior anatomical region in many animals, which tends to contain sensory and nervous organs and orifices for ingestion and breathing

Entityclass of anatomical entityQ23640

Also known as heads · noddles · cephalic

Instance of: class of anatomical entity
Subclass of: cardinal body part
, particular anatomical entity
Part of: body

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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 aids 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.

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71 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Members / parts: brain
mouth nature of statement: often
face
subdivision of head
Cause: cephalization
Connects with: neck
Partially coincident with: Q4141792
Model item: human head applies to use with property: subclass of
Different from: Kopf criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Kopf
Tête criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: tête

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52 identifiers linking head across the web's reference databases

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