apex, pl. apices, gen. apicis

[NA]. The extremity of a conical or pyramidal structure, such as the heart or the lung.

Origin

[L. summit or tip]

apex of arytenoid cartilage

apex auriculae

apex capitis fibulae

apex cartilaginis arytenoideae

apex cordis

apex cornus posterioris

apex cuspidis dentis

apex of cusp of tooth

apex of dens

apex dentis

apex of head of fibula

apex of heart

apex linguae

apex of lung

apex nasi

apex of orbit

apex ossis sacri

apex partis petrosae ossis temporalis

apex of patella

apex patellae

apex of petrous part of temporal bone

apex of the posterior horn

apex prostatae

apex of prostate

apex pulmonis

apex radicis dentis

root apex

apex of sacrum

apex satyri

apex of urinary bladder

apex vesicae