Biology
- Apex (mollusc), the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod
- Apex is the Apical meristem or its remnant on a flower
- Apex is the anterior corner of a butterfly's wing, described in Glossary of entomology terms
- Apex of the heart, the lowest superficial part of the heart
- Apex of the tongue, the tip of the tongue
- Apex of the lung, the uppermost portion of lung
- Apex predator, a predator which sits at the top of a food chain
Read more about this topic: Apex
Famous quotes containing the word biology:
“The “control of nature” is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.”
—Rachel Carson (1907–1964)
“Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has one method, chemistry another, and biology a third.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)