title: Acephaly
text: # Acephaly
  
  Acephaly (in Greek: a = without / képhalê = head) is a term used to define:
  
  * In medicine:
     * in forensic medicine: a decapitated corpse whose head has not been found
     * Twin reversed arterial perfusion
  * an animal without a head. For example:
     * Great scallop
     * Maggot, the larva of the fly
  * a relatively complete sculpture, the head of which has not been found. For example:
     * Winged Victory of Samothrace
     * Venus of Arles
     * Commons:Category:Headless statues
  