LIGAMENT OP THE NECK. 



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Some of these are intended for the attachments of 

 the wonderful piece of mechanism which is here 

 shown. 



We all know that at the back of the human neck 



LIGAMENT OP THE NECK AND ITS BRANCHES. 



there is a strong ligament called scientifically ' liga- 

 mentum nuchas.' In the language of the butcher it 

 is termed the pax-wax. With man, the weight of 

 whose head is perpendicular, the ligament is, though 

 strong, comparatively small and simple, and not 



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