Medical Term:
neck
Pronunciation: nek
Definition:
- Part of body by which the head is connected to the trunk, it extends from the base of the cranium to the top of the shoulders.
- In anatomy, any constricted portion having a fancied resemblance to the neck of an animal.
- The germinative portion of an adult tapeworm, that develops the segments or proglottids; the region of cestode segmentation behind the scolex.
Synonym(s): cervix1TA, collum
[A.S. hnecca]
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