Neck

Neck

The neck is the part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. The adjective (from Latin) signifying "of the neck" is cervical (though this more frequently used to describe the cervix).

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Famous quotes containing the word neck:

    “After all, it is not where one washes one’s neck that counts but where one moistens one’s throat.”
    —Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)

    “your antlers like seaweed,
    your face like a wolf’s death mask,
    your mouth a virgin, your nose a nipple,
    your legs muscled up like knitting balls,
    your neck mournful as an axe....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.”
    —Chinese aphorism.