tubercle
Sign in to saveright|250px|thumb|This view of the cactus Mammillaria marksiana shows its pattern of prominent tubercles, with the spines emanating from each tubercle's tip.
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- In plants
- In fungi
- In animals
- In humans
- Mouth
- Bones
- Lungs
- Ears
- Genitals
- Brain
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
right|250px|thumb|This view of the cactus Mammillaria marksiana shows its pattern of prominent tubercles, with the spines emanating from each tubercle's tip.
In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.