Apical

Apical, from the Latin apex (plural apices) meaning to be at the apex or tip, may refer to:


 * Apical consonant, a consonant produced with the tip of the tongue
 * Apical dendrite, a type of dendrite found on pyramidal neurons
 * Apical dominance
 * Apical membrane, a cell biology term
 * Apical pulse, the heart rate when measured with a stethoscope placed over the heart
 * Apical direction, a term used in reference to a tooth
 * Apical (chemistry), a position in certain molecular geometries in chemistry.
 * Apical whorls of the shells of gastropods or snails, the whorls at the tip of the spire, near the apex.
 * Tip of a seed, from which the epicotyl emerges