# head (body-part)

the top part of a body that controls the body

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [body](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-body.physical), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability), [top](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-top.upper)

**Through:** The body provides a physical entity, the part marks a region on it, top specifies that region's position, and control links that region to the body's regulation and actions.

**Novel properties:**
- central control location
- positioned at apex
- coordinated action origin

## Examples
- The human brain in Homo sapiens regulates heartbeat, breathing, and balance from within the skull. *(biology)*
- Mission Control in Houston guided Apollo 13’s return after the oxygen tank explosion. *(engineering)*
- The Dalai Lama led Tibetan resistance governance from Dharamsala after 1959. *(institutions)*

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