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Cervix   /sˈərvɪks/   Listen
Cervix

noun
(pl. E. cervixes, L. cervices)
1.
The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body.  Synonym: neck.  "The horse won by a neck"
2.
Necklike opening to the uterus.  Synonyms: cervix uteri, uterine cervix.



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"Cervix" Quotes from Famous Books



... we will see in a future chapter. The cavity of the uterus is somewhat triangular in shape; at each upper angle is the small opening communicating with the Fallopian tube; the upper portion of the uterus is called the fundus; the external opening of the womb, situated in the center of the cervix, is called the mouth of the womb, or the ...
— Woman - Her Sex and Love Life • William J. Robinson

... suffer from womb troubles such as leucorrhea, torn cervix, falling womb displacements and diseases of the inner womb, ovaries and tubes, suffer from all kinds of headache. The pain may be in the nape of the neck, the back part of the head and on the top behind (occiput). It may come on suddenly when ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter



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