sternocleidomastoid (redirected from Sternocleidomastoids)

ster·no·clei·do·mas·toid  (stûrn-kld-mstoid)

n.

Either of two muscles of the neck that serve to flex and rotate the head.

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[stern(um) + Greek kleis, kleid-, collarbone + mastoid.]

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Noun

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sternocleidomastoid - one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head musculus sternocleidomastoideus, sternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid muscle skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck"