capitulum (plural capitula) may refer to: *the Latin word for chapter ** an index or list of chapters at the head of a

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...

manuscript ** a short reading in the

Liturgy of the Hours The Liturgy of the Hours (), Divine Office (), or ''Opus Dei'' ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, often also referred to as the breviary, of the Latin Church. The Liturgy of the Hours forms the official ...

*** derived from which, it is the Latin for the assembly known as a chapter ** a typographic symbol (⸿), to mark chapters or paragraphs, now evolved into the

pilcrow In typography, the pilcrow (¶) is a glyph used to identify a paragraph. In editorial production the ''pilcrow'' typographic character is also known as the paragraph mark, the paragraph sign, the paragraph symbol, the paraph, and the blind ...

Botany

* Capitulum (flower), a type of flower head composed of numerous tiny florets, characteristic of the family Asteraceae * Capitulum (moss), the top of a ''

Sphagnum ''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store water, since ...

'' moss plant with compact clusters of young branches; also the apothecium (fruiting body) of lichens of the order '' Calicium''

Zoology

* the

capitulum of the humerus In human anatomy of the arm, the capitulum of the humerus is a smooth, rounded eminence on the lateral portion of the distal articular surface of the humerus. It articulates with the cup-shaped depression on the head of the radius, and is limi ...

in vertebrates * the gnathosoma of ticks and mites * in stalked barnacles, the armoured portion within which the appendages and most of the viscera are located * ''Capitulum'' (genus), a genus of goose barnacles * a part of the female

Lepidoptera genitalia The study of the genitalia of Lepidoptera is important for Lepidoptera taxonomy in addition to development, anatomy and natural history. The genitalia are complex and provide the basis for species discrimination in most families and also in fami ...

* a structure similar to an elaiosome, found on the eggs of some species of stick insects {{Disambiguation