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Eminence may refer to:
Anatomy
In anatomy, eminence implies a protuberance, and may refer to a variety of structures:
- Collateral eminence, alongside the hippocampus in the brain
- Cruciform eminence, in the occipital bone of the skull
- Frontal eminence, on the frontal bone of the skull
- Hypothenar eminence, a group of three palmar muscles that control the pinky finger
- Iliopubic eminence, in the pelvis
- Intercondylar eminence, in the tibia bone of the leg
- Medial eminence, in the rhomboid fossa of the fourth ventricle of the brain
- Median eminence, below the hypothalamus of the brain
- Müllerian eminence, in the cloaca of an embryo
- Parietal eminence, in the parietal bone of the skull
- Pyramidal eminence, in the middle ear
- Thenar eminence, muscle on the thumb side of the hand
Places
- Eminence, Arkansas, in Chicot County, Arkansas
- Eminence, Indiana
- Eminence, Kansas
- Eminence, Kentucky
- Eminence, Mississippi, unincorporated community in Covington County, Mississippi
- Eminence, Missouri
- Eminence, New York, in Schoharie County, New York
- Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Other uses
- Eminence (Morris West novel), novel by Morris West
- Eminence (yacht), a super-yacht built in 2008 at the shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen
See also
- Eminence Symphony Orchestra, based in Sydney, Australia
- "Eminence Front", a song by The Who
- His Eminence, style of reference for high nobility and clergy
- Éminence grise, powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially
- Eminent (disambiguation)
- Prominence, measure of the independent stature of a summit
- Imminence (disambiguation)
- Immanence, existing and acting within the mind or the world; contrasted with transcendence
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