noun. A neck-shaped anatomical structure, such as the narrow outer end of the uterus.

noun. The neck.

noun. In zoology and anatomy:

noun. The neck; the constricted part of the body between the head and the chest.

noun. The back of the neck; the scruff of the neck, regarded either as to its surface or its deep parts.

noun. That part of a rib which is situated between its head and shoulder; the neck of a rib, between the capitellum and the tuberculum.

noun. In entomology, the upper part of the occiput or back of the head, over the occipital foramen, and adjoining the vertex.

noun. Part of an organ likened to a neck: as, the cervix of the womb or bladder.

noun. In botany, a rhizome or rootstock.

noun. The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of bird.

noun. The neck

noun. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.

noun. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

noun. necklike opening to the uterus

noun. the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

"He found novel HPV-DNA in cervix cancer biopsies, and thus discovered the new, tumourigenic HPV16 type in 1983."

cervix cornu  cervix cornu posterioris  cervix glandis  cervix uteri  cervix vesicæ  

cervical  

anus  aorta  bladder  clitoris  fundus  

abbreviation  advocate  alpenstock  ankle  arm  

bird  cervices