| musculi colli | The anterolateral muscles of the neck including the platysma, sternocleidomastoid, suprahyoid muscles, infrahyoid muscles, longus colli and scalene muscles. Synonym: musculi colli. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| crista colli costae | The sharp upper margin of the neck of a rib. Synonym: crista colli costae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystitis colli | Inflammation of the neck of the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygium colli | A congenital, usually bilateral, web or tight band of skin of the neck extending from the acromion to the mastoid seen in Turner's syndrome and Noonan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrocele colli | A cyst formed by secretion into a persistent duct or fissure of the neck; when it involves lymph channels, it is usually a lymphangioma. Synonym: hydrocele colli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hygroma colli cysticum | A benign cystic overgrowth of lymphatics of the neck, present at birth, which may form a large tumour-like mass. Synonym: cervical hygroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nervus transversus colli | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the cervical plexus that supplies the skin over the anterior triangle of the neck. Synonym: nervus transversus colli, cutaneous cervical nerve, nervus cervicalis superficialis, superficial cervical nerve, transverse nerve of neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| trigonum colli | Any one of the triangles of the neck. Synonym: trigonum colli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibromatosis colli | A fibrous mass in the midportion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle; the mass may be a haematoma resulting from a birth injury and may cause torticollis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fistula colli congenita | A congenital fistula of the neck leading to the pharynx, larynx, or trachea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leukoderma colli | A fading of the roseola of secondary syphilis, leaving reticulated depigmented and hyperpigmented areas located chiefly on the sides of the neck. Synonym: leukoderma colli, melanoleukoderma colli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum colli costae | <anatomy> The ligament that connects the dorsal aspect of the neck of a rib to the ventral aspect of the corresponding transverse process. Synonym: ligamentum costotransversarium, ligamentum colli costae, middle costotransverse ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum transversale colli | <anatomy> A fibrous band attached to the uterine cervix and the vault of the lateral fornix of the vagina; continuous with the tissue ensheathing the pelvic vessels. Synonym: cervical ligament of uterus, ligamentum transversale colli, Mackenrodt's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipoma annulare colli | An encircling growth of lipoma (or coalescent lipoma's) in the neck, resulting in a collar-like enlargement. See: Madelung's neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abductor pollicis longus | <anatomy> Origin, interosseous membrane and posterior surfaces of radius and ulna; insertion, lateral side of base of first metacarpal bone; action, abducts and assists in extending thumb; nerve supply, radial. Synonym: musculus abductor pollicis longus, long abductor muscle of thumb, musculus extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis. (05 Mar 2000) |