THE NECK. 6d 



substance in the neck principally, but not 

 entirely, makes the difference between a gross 

 ' fleshy' neck, and a fine clean neck, and when 

 it is stated that there is no strength in this 

 fibro-fatty mass, it need hardly be added that a 

 clean, light muscular neck is as powerful as a gross, 

 thick, heavy neck which is largely made so by this 

 stored up fat; only, of course, the possessor of the 

 latter can throw more weight into a collar, and is 

 so far preferable for draught purposes. Besides 

 judging of the quantity of this fibro-fatty structure 

 by the sight, you can grasp the top of the neck, feel 

 its thickness, and shake it from side to side. 



41. — On each side of this ligament there are 

 powerful muscles which fill up this upper triangular 

 space and get attached to the bones of the neck, 

 especially to the last five of these. We have seen 

 that the bones of the spinal column have little 

 movement individually, but collectively the column 

 has considerable movement, which we likened to 

 the wriggling of an eel. There are very small 

 muscles which stretch from every bone of the 

 column to the next bone in front of it, and are said 

 to ' clothe' the spinal column. These muscles of 

 themselves cause the wriggling movement of the 

 column. The column, however, is acted upon by 

 other muscles than those little ones stretched from 

 bone to bone. These muscles are among the 

 largest and most powerful muscles of the body, and 

 bend the bones of the neck very much upwards, as 



