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		raisedbyninjas on Feb 20, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the ... AFAICT, biologists didn't screw up and give two different body parts the same name. Neck bones are called cervical vertebrae.

dotancohen on Feb 22, 2025 [–]

I see where you're going with that. The other body part is also a narrow passageway, which in many contexts is called a neck or bottleneck. In my language, we call that other body part "The neck of the womb" צוואר הרחם.

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