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dotancohen02/20/20251 replyview on HN

That's what cervical dislocation is. The cervix is the neck. You're dislocating the head from the body, via the neck.


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raisedbyninjas02/20/2025

AFAICT, biologists didn't screw up and give two different body parts the same name. Neck bones are called cervical vertebrae.

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