Caput

n. pl. Capita (kăp"ĭ*tå).
  1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
  2. The top or superior part of a thing.
  3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
    4. Caput mortuum (). (Old Chem.)
    The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.