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| + | The '''neck''' was a part of the body found on [[humanoid]]s, used for supporting the weight of a [[head]] as well as protecting nerves which carried sensory and motor information from the [[brain]] through to the rest of the body. Those who had their neck severely injured wore a [[neck brace]]. ({{DS9|Dramatis Personae}}; {{VOY|The Fight}}) The [[Vulcan nerve pinch]] was sometimes called the "Vulcan neck pinch" by [[Human]]s. ({{VOY|Cathexis}}) |
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| − | The '''neck''' is part of the body found in most [[humanoid]]s, used for supporting the head. |
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| + | A [[necklace]] was a jewelry accessory worn on the neck. ({{film|3}}; {{film|6}}; {{TNG|Too Short a Season|Qpid}}; {{DS9|Q-Less|Battle Lines|The Forsaken|The Siege of AR-558}}) |
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| − | Those who had their neck injured wore a [[neck brace]]. ({{DS9|Dramatis Personae}}) |
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| + | [[File:Neck manacle.jpg|thumb|A neck manacle used by the Hunters]] |
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| − | The [[Vulcan nerve pinch]] was sometimes called the "Vulcan neck pinch" by [[Human]]s. ({{VOY|Cathexis}}) |
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| + | The [[Hunter]]s of the [[Gamma Quadrant]] used a [[neck manacle]] on the [[Tosk]] to humiliate them if they were ever captured alive and brought back to their [[homeworld]]. ({{DS9|Captive Pursuit}}) |
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| − | In [[2254]], [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]] told the [[Talosian]] keeper to stop with all the illusions and let him and his crew leave [[Talos IV]] or he would break its neck. ({{TOS|The Cage}}) |
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| + | The servo mechanisms found in [[Soong-type android]]s' necks were designed to approximate [[Human]] movement. ({{TNG|Hero Worship}}) |
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| + | [[File:Data Borg neck.jpg|thumb|left|Data breaking a Borg drone's neck]] |
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| + | A sudden neck break will result in instant death. In [[2063]], [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]] broke the neck of a [[Borg drone]] outside [[engineering]] on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} who nearly [[assimilated]] [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]. ({{film|8}}) In [[2254]], Captain [[Christopher Pike]] told the [[The Keeper]] to stop with all the illusions and let him and his [[crew]] leave [[Talos IV]] or he would break its neck. ({{TOS|The Cage}}) In [[2374]], [[Worf]] killed a [[Jem'Hadar]] soldier by breaking his neck after he and a group of Jem'Hadar located both himself and his wife [[Jadzia Dax]] while they were on a mission to the [[jungle]] planet [[Soukara]] ({{DS9|Change of Heart}}) and [[2375|the next year]], he killed the seventh clone of [[Weyoun]] on [[Cardassia]] the same way. ({{DS9|Strange Bedfellows}}) |
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| + | [[Charles Tucker III]] referred to the [[Khavorta posture|''Khavorta'' posture]] as "''that neck thing''" to [[T'Pol]] in [[2153]]. ({{ENT|Rajiin}}) |
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| + | ''In [[2258]] of an [[alternate reality]], {{alt|Spock}} grabbed {{alt|James T. Kirk}} by his neck and attempted to strangle him after Kirk provoked Spock by telling him that he never loved his [[mother]] {{alt|Amanda Grayson}}, as he showed no [[emotion]] for her [[death]] by the hand of [[Nero]]. Spock afterward released his grip on Kirk's neck after his [[father]] {{alt|Sarek}} persuaded him to control himself.'' ({{film|11}}) |
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| + | [[File:Spock attacking Kirk.jpg|thumb|Spock grabs Kirk by his neck]] |
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| − | + | In [[2267]], [[Trelane]], acting as a [[judge]] sentenced Captain [[James T. Kirk]] to [[death]] on [[Gothos]] telling him "''You will hang by the neck Captain, until you are dead, dead, dead!''" ({{TOS|The Squire of Gothos}}) |
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| + | In [[2293]], Captain [[Spock]] theorized that whomever assassinated [[Chancellor]] [[Gorkon]] would be unable to dispose of their incriminating [[gravity boot]]s on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} without drawing suspicion. Spock told [[Valeris]] that the boots would cling to the killer's necks like a pair of [[Tiberian bat]]s. ({{film|6}}) |
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| + | [[Chakotay]]'s mother used to repeatedly get a sore neck, which, as a young boy, he used to [[massage]]. ({{VOY|Resolutions}}) |
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| + | In [[2367]], [[William T. Riker]] told [[Jean-Luc Riker]], his [[son]] in an illusion created by [[Barash]], that he would be break his neck eventually if he continued to play [[parrises squares]]. ({{TNG|Future Imperfect}}) |
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| ⚫ | [[File:Troi and Data taken over my Ux-Mal criminals.jpg|left|thumb|right|Data, possessed by an Ux-Mal criminal, holds Jean-Luc Picard up by his neck]]In [[2368]], a [[Ux-Mal]] criminal possessing Data's body held up Captain Picard by his neck and threatened to kill him unless a [[plasma shock]] in [[Ten Forward]] was deactivated. ({{TNG|Power Play}}) |
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| − | In [[2375]], Worf killed the seventh clone of [[Weyoun]] on [[Cardassia]] by violently twisting his neck. ({{DS9|Strange Bedfellows}}) |
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| ⚫ | Odo had performed a technique called the [[Cardassian neck trick]] while he was on [[Terok Nor]] during the [[Cardassian]] [[Occupation of Bajor]] to the amazement of the Cardassians. His mysterious Cardassian informant asked him in [[2371]] if he still performed it, to which Odo replied, "''No."'' ({{DS9|Necessary Evil|Improbable Cause}}) |
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| + | In [[2372]], [[Seska]] injected a [[needle]] through the back of [[Commander]] Chakotay's neck to obtain his [[DNA]]. ({{VOY|Maneuvers}}) |
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| + | Later on, [[Vedek]] [[Porta]] murdered [[Imutta]] by pushing him off the second level of [[Deep Space 9]]'s [[promenade]]. The impact of Imutta's body hitting the floor broke his neck, which led to his death. Porta killed Imutta because of his ''[[D'jarra]]'' [[caste]], which had been reintroduced to [[Bajor]] by [[Akorem Laan]]. ({{DS9|Accession}}) |
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| + | In [[2373]], [[Miles O'Brien]] rubbed [[Kira Nerys]]' neck to relax her during the time she was staying with the O'Brien family in their quarters on Deep Space 9 while carrying Miles and [[Keiko O'Brien]]'s child, [[Kirayoshi O'Brien|Kirayoshi]]. ({{DS9|Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places}}) |
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| + | Later, O'Brien's neck began to get sore after holding his son Kirayoshi for many [[hour]]s. ({{DS9|Business as Usual}}) |
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| + | In 2374, {{dis|Jack|24th century}} threatened to snap [[Sarina Douglas]]' neck if [[Julian Bashir]] didn't call Miles O'Brien right away to fix a slight ringing, which was extremely annoying to Jack, as well as [[Patrick]], [[Lauren]] and Douglas. It was caused by the [[plasma flow]] being out of sync. ({{DS9|Statistical Probabilities}}) |
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| + | Later that year, [[The Doctor]] asked the [[EMH]] Mark II to stop breathing down his neck while he was trying to pilot the {{USS|Prometheus|Prometheus class}} during a [[Romulan]] attack. The EMH replied that his breathing was only a simulation, to which The Doctor replied "''so is my neck, stop it anyway!''" ({{VOY|Message in a Bottle}}) |
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| + | In [[2375]], [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi]] playfully stroked Commander William T. Riker's neck while they were in the ''Enterprise''-E's [[library]] researching the [[Son'a]]. ({{film|9}}) |
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| + | In [[2376]], after being turned into a [[cow]] by [[Tom Paris]] as part of a prank on [[Harry Kim]] in ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[holodeck]], [[Maggie O'Halloran]] told [[Seamus]] and [[Milo]] after being returned to Human form that she remembered having a bell around her neck. ({{VOY|Spirit Folk}}) |
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| + | ==Injuries and ailments== |
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| + | [[File:Khan incapacitates Kyle.jpg|left|thumb|Khan incapacitating Kyle by grabbing his neck]] |
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| + | A blow to the neck from an opponent in a [[boxing]] match will collapse the [[carotid artery]] and stop the flow of [[blood]] to the [[brain]]. ({{VOY|The Fight}}) |
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| + | In [[2151]], [[Ensign]] [[Travis Mayweather]] complained about his neck being sore after falling asleep in a [[cave]] located on a [[class M]] [[planet]] later known as [[Archer IV]]. |
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| + | [[File:Defiant captain, Paul Baxley.jpg|thumb|The captain of the USS ''Defiant'', killed by a broken neck]] |
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| + | In [[2268]], an [[officer]] on the {{USS|Defiant|NCC-1764}} suffering from violent [[paranoia]] due to the ''Defiant'' being trapped in [[interphase]] killed the captain of that ship by breaking his neck. ({{TOS|The Tholian Web}}; {{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly}}) |
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| + | After one of the {{dis|neural parasite|24th century}}s went into the [[mouth]] of [[Dexter Remmick]], his neck showed the alien creature by bulging out. ({{TNG|Conspiracy}}) |
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| ⚫ | Lieutenant Worf's neck and [[spinal cord]] were severely damaged in 2368 due to a heavy [[cargo]] container falling on his back. He temporarily lost the ability to walk, but was able to regain all of his mobility due to a medical breakthrough in [[genitronic replicator|genitronic replication]] by [[Doctor]] [[Toby Russell]]. ({{TNG|Ethics}}) |
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| + | [[File:Macrocosm virus neck.jpg|thumb|The macrovirus on Chakotay's neck]] |
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| + | In 2372, Captain [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s neck was injured after being shot by [[Mokra]] guards on the [[Unnamed Delta Quadrant planets#Mokra/Alsaurian planet|Mokra planet]] during an attempt to obtain [[tellerium]]. ({{VOY|Resistance}}) |
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| + | [[File:Janeway, neck burn.jpg|left|thumb|Janeway's neck injured by a disruptor]] |
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| + | In 2373, [[Constable]] Odo asked Jadzia Dax if she hurt her neck after having a night of [[Klingon mating rituals|intimate relations]] with Worf. ({{DS9|Let He Who Is Without Sin...}}) |
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| + | Later, a [[macrovirus]] infected the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}}. After the host of the macrovirus was infected, they began to have a [[fever]] and fell unconscious. Eventually, the macrovirus hatched though the skin by flying out of their occupant's neck. ({{VOY|Macrocosm}}) |
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| + | [[Neelix]]'s neck became sore if he did not sleep on pillows that were specific to him. ({{VOY|Demon}}) |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | *[[Spinal cord]] |
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Revision as of 11:00, 5 October 2015
AT: "xx" The neck was a part of the body found on humanoids, used for supporting the weight of a head as well as protecting nerves which carried sensory and motor information from the brain through to the rest of the body. Those who had their neck severely injured wore a neck brace. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae"; VOY: "The Fight") The Vulcan nerve pinch was sometimes called the "Vulcan neck pinch" by Humans. (VOY: "Cathexis")
A necklace was a jewelry accessory worn on the neck. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; TNG: "Too Short a Season", "Qpid"; DS9: "Q-Less", "Battle Lines", "The Forsaken", "The Siege of AR-558")
A neck manacle used by the Hunters
The Hunters of the Gamma Quadrant used a neck manacle on the Tosk to humiliate them if they were ever captured alive and brought back to their homeworld. (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
Specifics
The servo mechanisms found in Soong-type androids' necks were designed to approximate Human movement. (TNG: "Hero Worship")
Data breaking a Borg drone's neck
A sudden neck break will result in instant death. In 2063, Lieutenant Commander Data broke the neck of a Borg drone outside engineering on the USS Enterprise-E who nearly assimilated Captain Jean-Luc Picard. (Star Trek: First Contact) In 2254, Captain Christopher Pike told the The Keeper to stop with all the illusions and let him and his crew leave Talos IV or he would break its neck. (TOS: "The Cage") In 2374, Worf killed a Jem'Hadar soldier by breaking his neck after he and a group of Jem'Hadar located both himself and his wife Jadzia Dax while they were on a mission to the jungle planet Soukara (DS9: "Change of Heart") and the next year, he killed the seventh clone of Weyoun on Cardassia the same way. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows")
Charles Tucker III referred to the Khavorta posture as "that neck thing" to T'Pol in 2153. (ENT: "Rajiin")
In 2258 of an alternate reality, Spock grabbed James T. Kirk by his neck and attempted to strangle him after Kirk provoked Spock by telling him that he never loved his mother Amanda Grayson, as he showed no emotion for her death by the hand of Nero. Spock afterward released his grip on Kirk's neck after his father Sarek persuaded him to control himself. (Star Trek)
Spock grabs Kirk by his neck
In 2267, Trelane, acting as a judge sentenced Captain James T. Kirk to death on Gothos telling him "You will hang by the neck Captain, until you are dead, dead, dead!" (TOS: "The Squire of Gothos")
In 2293, Captain Spock theorized that whomever assassinated Chancellor Gorkon would be unable to dispose of their incriminating gravity boots on the USS Enterprise-A without drawing suspicion. Spock told Valeris that the boots would cling to the killer's necks like a pair of Tiberian bats. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Chakotay's mother used to repeatedly get a sore neck, which, as a young boy, he used to massage. (VOY: "Resolutions")
In 2367, William T. Riker told Jean-Luc Riker, his son in an illusion created by Barash, that he would be break his neck eventually if he continued to play parrises squares. (TNG: "Future Imperfect")
Data, possessed by an Ux-Mal criminal, holds Jean-Luc Picard up by his neck
In 2368, a Ux-Mal criminal possessing Data's body held up Captain Picard by his neck and threatened to kill him unless a plasma shock in Ten Forward was deactivated. (TNG: "Power Play")
In 2369, Zayra, the leader of a Bajoran mob accusing Odo of murdering Ibudan, yelled out to them, "How do you get a rope around the neck of a shapeshifter?" (DS9: "A Man Alone")
Later that year, Captain Picard took out Devor with what appeared to be a Vulcan neck pinch. (TNG: "Starship Mine")
Odo had performed a technique called the Cardassian neck trick while he was on Terok Nor during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor to the amazement of the Cardassians. His mysterious Cardassian informant asked him in 2371 if he still performed it, to which Odo replied, "No." (DS9: "Necessary Evil", "Improbable Cause")
In 2372, Seska injected a needle through the back of Commander Chakotay's neck to obtain his DNA. (VOY: "Maneuvers")
Later on, Vedek Porta murdered Imutta by pushing him off the second level of Deep Space 9's promenade. The impact of Imutta's body hitting the floor broke his neck, which led to his death. Porta killed Imutta because of his D'jarra caste, which had been reintroduced to Bajor by Akorem Laan. (DS9: "Accession")
In 2373, Miles O'Brien rubbed Kira Nerys' neck to relax her during the time she was staying with the O'Brien family in their quarters on Deep Space 9 while carrying Miles and Keiko O'Brien's child, Kirayoshi. (DS9: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places")
Later, O'Brien's neck began to get sore after holding his son Kirayoshi for many hours. (DS9: "Business as Usual")
In 2374, Jack threatened to snap Sarina Douglas' neck if Julian Bashir didn't call Miles O'Brien right away to fix a slight ringing, which was extremely annoying to Jack, as well as Patrick, Lauren and Douglas. It was caused by the plasma flow being out of sync. (DS9: "Statistical Probabilities")
Later that year, The Doctor asked the EMH Mark II to stop breathing down his neck while he was trying to pilot the USS Prometheus during a Romulan attack. The EMH replied that his breathing was only a simulation, to which The Doctor replied "so is my neck, stop it anyway!" (VOY: "Message in a Bottle")
In 2375, Counselor Deanna Troi playfully stroked Commander William T. Riker's neck while they were in the Enterprise-E's library researching the Son'a. (Star Trek: Insurrection)
In 2376, after being turned into a cow by Tom Paris as part of a prank on Harry Kim in Voyager's holodeck, Maggie O'Halloran told Seamus and Milo after being returned to Human form that she remembered having a bell around her neck. (VOY: "Spirit Folk")
Injuries and ailments
Khan incapacitating Kyle by grabbing his neck
A blow to the neck from an opponent in a boxing match will collapse the carotid artery and stop the flow of blood to the brain. (VOY: "The Fight")
In 2151, Ensign Travis Mayweather complained about his neck being sore after falling asleep in a cave located on a class M planet later known as Archer IV. (ENT: "Strange New World")
In 2267, Khan Noonien Singh incapacitated Lieutenant Kyle in the USS Enterprise's transporter room by applying a considerable amount of force to Kyle's neck with his hands. (TOS: "Space Seed")
The captain of the USS Defiant, killed by a broken neck
In 2268, an officer on the USS Defiant suffering from violent paranoia due to the Defiant being trapped in interphase killed the captain of that ship by breaking his neck. (TOS: "The Tholian Web"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
After one of the neural parasites went into the mouth of Dexter Remmick, his neck showed the alien creature by bulging out. (TNG: "Conspiracy")
Lieutenant Worf's neck and spinal cord were severely damaged in 2368 due to a heavy cargo container falling on his back. He temporarily lost the ability to walk, but was able to regain all of his mobility due to a medical breakthrough in genitronic replication by Doctor Toby Russell. (TNG: "Ethics")
The macrovirus on Chakotay's neck
In 2372, Captain Kathryn Janeway's neck was injured after being shot by Mokra guards on the Mokra planet during an attempt to obtain tellerium. (VOY: "Resistance")
Janeway's neck injured by a disruptor
In 2373, Constable Odo asked Jadzia Dax if she hurt her neck after having a night of intimate relations with Worf. (DS9: "Let He Who Is Without Sin...")
Later, a macrovirus infected the crew of the USS Voyager. After the host of the macrovirus was infected, they began to have a fever and fell unconscious. Eventually, the macrovirus hatched though the skin by flying out of their occupant's neck. (VOY: "Macrocosm")
Neelix's neck became sore if he did not sleep on pillows that were specific to him. (VOY: "Demon")