neck
(nek)

1. The part of the body between the head and shoulders.
LATERAL ASPECT OF THE NECK ; SEE: muscle for illus
2. The constricted portion of an organ, or that resembling a neck.
3. The region between the crown and the root of a tooth.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Neck." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760563/all/neck.
Neck. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760563/all/neck. Accessed April 2, 2025.
Neck. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760563/all/neck
Neck [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 02]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760563/all/neck.
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