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

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