Apical

The adjective apikal (from Latin apex "tip", apicale , "towards the tip") denotes:

• In anatomy, the position or direction directed towards a point, see anatomical position and direction designations
• In dentistry, a reference to the tip of the tooth root, see anatomical position and direction designations on the teeth
  • Apical foramen , opening at the tip of the root of a tooth
• in botany a reference to the vegetation cone of the shoot axis and to the apical meristem , which occurs in the roots as well as in the shoot
• the outstanding position of a ligand in complex chemistry
• in phonetics a type of sound formation, see apical (linguistics)
• refers to the apical apparatus of some hose fungi at the apex of the ascus

The noun apical denotes:

• a sound formed with the tip of the tongue, see apical (linguistics)

See also:

• apex

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.