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the only neck the body shares with its inner sanctum, top and bottom
means Relating to the neck — either the cervix of the uterus or the cervical vertebrae of the neck proper.
from From Latin cervix, meaning 'neck' or 'nape.' The word's two homes in the body — the neck above and the neck of the womb below — both lean on this same root, since early anatomists named the narrow uterine opening a 'little neck' for its shape. So one Latin word for neck quietly stretches from skull to womb.
- double duty
- Names both neck vertebrae and the uterus gateway
- latin root
- From cervix, simply meaning neck
- seven bones
- All mammals have seven cervical vertebrae, even giraffes
- smear legacy
- The Pap test slashed cervical cancer deaths dramatically
- top vertebra
- Atlas holds your skull like the Greek titan
cervical vertebrae c1-c7 — seven bones in the neck that support the head and allow rotation
cervical cancer screening — pap test detects precancerous changes in the cervix, reducing deaths by 70% since 1950s
cervical dystonia — involuntary neck muscle contractions affecting 24,000 people in the united states