collum /col·lum/ (kol´um) pl. col´la [L.] the neck, or a necklike part.
collum
collum distor´tum torticollis.
collum val´gum coxa valga.
col·lum (k l  m)n. pl. col·la (k l) 1. The part of the body between the shoulders or thorax and the head; neck. 2. The constricted or necklike portion of an anatomical structure. Also called cervix. |
collum
[kol′əm]
the anatomic necklike structure between the head and shoulders.
collum
pl. colla [L.] the neck, or a necklike part such as the part just below the head of the humerus, penis, malleus, stapes or mandible. The collum of the omasum is its narrow fusion with the reticulum.
collum distortum
torticollis.
collum valgum
coxa valga.
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