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In anatomy, the head of an animal is a body part that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
Head may also refer to:
[edit] In science and technology
- Head (botany), a structure composed of numerous individual flowers
- Head stock, part of a musical instrument
- Amplifier head, a form of guitar amplifier
- Head (geology), recent near surface deposits of uncertain and often heterogeneous origin
- Head (vessel), the end caps on a pressure vessel
- Hydraulic head, a specific measurement of water pressure, or total energy per unit weight above a reference level. By analogy, other forms of energy can be expressed in terms of 'head' units, e.g:
- Cylinder head, the part of an engine over the pistons and cylinders
- High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD), a division under the American Astronomical Society
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[edit] In entertainment
- Head (music), the repeated, non-improvised section of a jazz composition that bookends individual solo passages
- Head (British band), an English rock band of the 1980s
- Head (US band), the solo project of former Korn guitarist, Brian Welch
- Head (film), a comic film starring The Monkees
- Head (The Cooper Temple Clause song), a song by The Cooper Temple Clause
- Head (The Jesus Lizard album), the first full album by The Jesus Lizard
- Head (The Monkees album), the soundtrack to the film by The Monkees
- Head (Prince song), a song by Prince from Dirty Mind
- "Head" (Blackadder), an episode of the British sitcom Blackadder II
- Head (wrestling), Al Snow's mannequin head character
- Drumhead, a membrane on a drum that is hit to create percussive sounds
- The Head, an animated television series on MTV
- Head, a song by Static-X on the album Beneath, Between, Beyond
- Head, a song by Mark Lanegan on the album Bubblegum (album)
- "Heads", a song by Hawkwind on the album The Xenon Codex
- "Head", a prop mannequin head treated as a Manager (professional wrestling) by Professional Wrestler Al Snow
[edit] People
- Anthony Head (born 1954), English actor and musician
- Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head (1906–1983), British Member of Parliament, peer and statesman
- Edith Head, Hollywood costumer of the mid-20th century
- Frederick Waldegrave Head (1874–1941), Anglican archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
- Henry Head (1861-1940), English neurologist
- James W. Head III, American biologist and consultant for the television program Newton's Apple
- Jesse Head (born 1983), American actress
- Murray Head (born 1946), British actor and singer
- Luther Head, NBA basketball player
- Stacy Head, elected official in New Orleans
- W. Head & Sister, photographic studio
- Brian Welch, known by the pseudonym "Head", former guitarist of Grammy-award winning band Korn
[edit] Other uses
- Head (beer), a frothy emulsion of liquid and carbon dioxide at the top of beer
- Head (linguistics), the main part of a phrase or compound
- Head (company), a manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment
- Head Entertainment, an entertainment retailer
- Head Shampoo, an all-natural shampoo first made popular in the early 1970s
- Head teacher (headmaster or headmistress), sometimes called "the head"
- Fellatio and cunnilingus, also known as "giving head"
- Glans penis, a part of the penis that is colloquially called the "head" in humans
- Head (measurement), used in drawing, sculpting, and animation as a proportional measurement of the height of a human or humanoid figure
- Head (watercraft), bathroom/toilet facilities aboard watercraft
- Heads, the obverse side of a coin
[edit] See also
- Header (disambiguation)
- Tête (disambiguation), "head" in French
