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:

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

    “And graven with diamonds in letters plain
    There is written her fair neck round about:
    “Noli me tangere for Caesar’s I am,
    And wild for to hold though I seem tame.””
    —Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)

    “You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, “What’s in it for me?””
    —Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994)