more on heads, brains, and skulls

[Dave Hause]

>>From an anatomic viewpoint, the skull, the diaphragm, and the bladder are
spoken of as having domes.  Certainly the brain has that upper shape, but it
is usually spoken of as 'the convexity' and I don't think I've ever heard
'dome' applied here.
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
(As against the "skull" version, this involves metaphor rather than
second-order metonymy I take it--and do we know whether the dome is
associated with the shape of brains or of other body parts?)  I
assume that "give dome" is also possible, but I didn't locate any
instances.

larry