Originally Posted by Kai
Cam cover is a pretty common alternate name for the valve cover, actually.
I'm more familiar with rocker cover, but then again I'm also more familiar with old-school OHV V8s, which incidentally get two of them.

(OHV = Overhead Valve, for those that haven't heard the term before.) I suppose the parts in question would be called cam bearing caps, but I don't know for sure.