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

• Apical (anatomy), an anatomical term of location for features located opposite the base of an organism or structure
• 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 (mollusc)
• Tip of a seed, from which the epicotyl emerges

See also

• Apex (disambiguation)

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