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Measuring the culmen. The upper margin of the beak or bill is referred to as the culmen.The measurement is taken using calipers with one jaw at the tip of the upper mandible and the other at the base of the bill (at the junction with the skull, a measurement called "total culmen") or where the feathers begin (a measurement called "exposed culmen").
Download QR code; Print/export ... A culmen is a top, a summit or a culminating point. It may also refer to: ... (bird), the upper ridge of a bird's beak; Culmen ...
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The culmen is the portion of the anterior vermis adjacent to the primary fissure of cerebellum. The culmen and the anterior parts of the quadrangular lobules form the lobus culminis. Additional Images
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for pecking, grasping, and holding (in probing for food, eating, manipulating and carrying objects, killing prey, or fighting), preening, courtship, and feeding young.
In anatomy, the tomium is the sharp cutting edge of the beak [1] [2] of a bird [3] or the bill of a turtle. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Sometimes the edge is serrated for tearing through flesh or vegetation. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
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The central lobule is the second lobule of the upper portion of the vermis on the superoinferior axis. The culmen is the third and largest lobule of the upper portion of the vermis on the superoinferior axis. It is separated from the declive by the primary fissure and is related with the anterior quadrangular lobule of the hemisphere. The ...