The neck is the part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. The adjective (from Latin) signifying "of the neck" is cervical (though in non-technical contexts, this is more frequently used to describe the cervix).

Noël Martin Joseph Necker (December 25, 1730 - 30 December 1793) was a Belgian physician, and botanist.