Part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk

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Muscles and blood vessels of the head and neck: two figures of a dissection. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A.A. Cane, 1834.

Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

Muscles of the neck, tongue and jaws. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

Muscles of the right side of the head and neck. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

Muscles of the head and neck, the head raised and the lower jaw removed exposing the teeth and the zygomatic arch. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

Head and neck: sagittal section. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.

The upper body and head and ways of bandaging them. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.

Subclavian and axillary vessels: dissection. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A. A. Cane, 1834.

Surgery of carotid and subclavian arteries: two figures showing incisions in the head and neck, with surgical instruments indicating arteries. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A. A. Cane, 1834.

Plate 5, Illustration of lancets and incision points.

Muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

Subcutaneous blood vessels of the head and neck. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier D'Agoty, 1748.

A colour atlas of head and neck anatomy / R.M.H. McMinn, R.T. Hutchings, B.M. Logan.

Pekon, Myanmar (Burma): eleven Padaung people, including four who wear neck-rings to lengthen the neck. Photograph, 19--.

The face and neck in anatomical transparencies / [produced by] Abbott Laboratories ; colour reconstructions by Virginia Samter.

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Neck

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Images referencing Neck

Works from the collections

A colour atlas of head and neck anatomy / R.M.H. McMinn, R.T. Hutchings, B.M. Logan.

Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

Pekon, Myanmar (Burma): eleven Padaung people, including four who wear neck-rings to lengthen the neck. Photograph, 19--.

The face and neck in anatomical transparencies / [produced by] Abbott Laboratories ; colour reconstructions by Virginia Samter.

Subclavian and axillary vessels: dissection. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A. A. Cane, 1834.

Neck

Images from the collections

Images referencing Neck

Works from the collections

A colour atlas of head and neck anatomy / R.M.H. McMinn, R.T. Hutchings, B.M. Logan.

Arteries of the neck: dissection. Coloured lithograph after G.D. Dermott by G. Scharf, 1824/25.

Pekon, Myanmar (Burma): eleven Padaung people, including four who wear neck-rings to lengthen the neck. Photograph, 19--.

The face and neck in anatomical transparencies / [produced by] Abbott Laboratories ; colour reconstructions by Virginia Samter.

Subclavian and axillary vessels: dissection. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after A. A. Cane, 1834.

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