Neck (disambiguation)
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The neck is the body part between the head and torso of many animals.
Neck may also refer to:
Science, technology, and medicine
Anatomy
- Neck (of the body)
- Neck of the uterus, the uterine cervix
- Neck of the femur, the femur neck
- Neck of the gallbladder
- Neck of the humerus
- Neck of the malleus
- Neck of the pancreas
- Neck of the rib
- Neck of the scapula
- Neck of the talus
- Neck of the urinary bladder
Other scientific senses
- Neck, narrowed region formed in material by tensile deformation, that is, by necking (engineering)
- Neck (Chinese constellation)
Places
- Neck of the woods, an idiomatic expression for any location (geography) (for example, "in my neck of the woods" = "where I am" or "where I come from")
- Isthmus, a narrower area of land between two larger ones
- For example, Great Neck, New York
- Volcanic plug or neck, a volcanic landform
- Neck, Netherlands
- Neck City, Missouri, United States
- The Neck, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Entertainment
- Neck (music), the projecting part of a string instrument. Also an integral part of certain woodwind instruments, e.g. saxophones.
- "Neck" (short story), by Roald Dahl
- Neck (band), a British Celtic punk band
- The Necks, an Australian jazz trio
- Neck (water spirit), a water spirit in North European folklore
- To neck, necking (making out, that is, kissing and so forth)
- Neck of the Woods, an album by rock band Silversun Pickups
- Neck of the Woods (Marius Neset album)
See also
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