An articulating neck for an ultrasound probe comprising: - a plurality of separate pivotally-connected links (11,11'),the links being formed from a tube (10b, 10') which has been machined with grooves extending through the wall of the tube by machining toward the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein each link comprises a pair of pivot lobes (14, 24) defined by the machined grooves and located on opposite sides of the link, wherein the pivot lobes of each link extend into an adjoining link and enable the two links to pivot with respect to each other while remaining connected to each other; wherein a first section of consecutive links (11, 11') in the direction of the longitudinal axis exhibit the same length in the direction, characterized in that the articulating neck further comprises a pair of control cables (40-40', 42-42') configured for controlling the articulation of the plurality of separate pivotally-connected links; further comprising a second section of consecutive links (11, 11') in the direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the links of the second section all exhibit the same length in the direction which is different than the length of the links of the first section, wherein the first section is a distal section of the articulating neck, and the second section is a proximal section of the articulating neck, wherein the pair of control cables is a first pair of control cables (42-42'), each control cable (42-42') of said first pair being anchored to a respective anchor point (32, 34) of a most distal link of the distal section, and wherein the articulating neck further comprises a second pair of control cables (40-40'), each control cable (40-40') of said second pair being anchored to a respective anchor point (36, 38) of a distal link of the proximal section, wherein said links are so configured such that when both cables (40-40') of the second pair are pulled in unison, the links of the proximal section are pulled together and locked into a straight configuration, and when the cables of the first pair (42-42') and the second pair (40-40') are pulled in unison, the entire bending neck is locked in a straight configuration. - a plurality of separate pivotally-connected links (11,11'),the links being formed from a tube (10b, 10') which has been machined with grooves extending through the wall of the tube by machining toward the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein each link comprises a pair of pivot lobes (14, 24) defined by the machined grooves and located on opposite sides of the link, wherein the pivot lobes of each link extend into an adjoining link and enable the two links to pivot with respect to each other while remaining connected to each other; wherein a first section of consecutive links (11, 11') in the direction of the longitudinal axis exhibit the same length in the direction, characterized in that the articulating neck further comprises a pair of control cables (40-40', 42-42') configured for controlling the articulation of the plurality of separate pivotally-connected links; further comprising a second section of consecutive links (11, 11') in the direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the links of the second section all exhibit the same length in the direction which is different than the length of the links of the first section, wherein the first section is a distal section of the articulating neck, and the second section is a proximal section of the articulating neck, wherein the pair of control cables is a first pair of control cables (42-42'), each control cable (42-42') of said first pair being anchored to a respective anchor point (32, 34) of a most distal link of the distal section, and wherein the articulating neck further comprises a second pair of control cables (40-40'), each control cable (40-40') of said second pair being anchored to a respective anchor point (36, 38) of a distal link of the proximal section, wherein said links are so configured such that when both cables (40-40') of the second pair are pulled in unison, the links of the proximal section are pulled together and locked into a straight configuration, and when the cables of the first pair (42-42') and the second pair (40-40') are pulled in unison, the entire bending neck is locked in a straight configuration.