Eminence

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, muscle on the little-finger side of the hand
• 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, Indiana
• Eminence, Kentucky
• Eminence, Missouri
• Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois

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