sternocleidomastoid muscle

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sternocleidomastoid muscle - 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

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"

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cervical plexus cervix musculus sternocleidomastoideus neck nerve plexus plexus cervicalis skeletal muscle sternocleido mastoideus sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid vein striated muscle vena sternocleidomastoidea			On examination, a small opening was seen on the right side of the neck at the junction of the middle and lower third, just anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Fistulography: a useful imaging modality for identifying the exact ... by Bist, Sampan Singh; Varshney, Saurabh; Kumar, Rakesh; Gupta, Nitin / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Usually they are localized in the neck anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle at the level of the hyoid bone. Update in carotid chemodectomas by Goffredo, Costanza; Antignani, Pier Luigi; Gervasi, Francesco; Ricottini, Elisabetta / Archives: The International Journal of Medicine The muscle with the longest name is the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Muscles by Science Weekly			Stern wheel stern-chaser Stern-wheel stern-wheeler sterna Sterna hirundo Sternage sternal Sternal ribs Sternberg Sternbergite Sterne Sternebra Sterned Sterner sternforemost Sterninae sternite sternly sternmost sternness Sterno- sternoclavicular sternocleido mastoideus sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid muscle sternocleidomastoid vein Sternocoracoid sternocostal Sternohyoid sternomancy Sternomastoid Sternotherus Sternothyroid sternpost Sternsman sternson sternum sternutation Sternutative sternutator sternutatory sternward sternwards sternway sternwheeler steroid steroid alcohol steroid hormone steroidal steroidogenesis			sternly sternly sternly just sternmost sternmost sternmost sternness sternness sternness sternness Sterno Occipital Mandibular Immobilizer sterno- sterno- Sterno-mastoid sternocephalic muscle sternoclavicular sternoclavicular sternoclavicular angle sternoclavicular angle sternoclavicular angle sternoclavicular angle Sternoclavicular articulation Sternoclavicular articulation Sternoclavicular joint Sternoclavicular joint sternocleidal sternocleido mastoideus sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid muscle Sternocleidomastoid muscles Sternocleidomastoid muscles Sternocleidomastoid muscles sternocleidomastoid vein sternocleidomastoid vein sternocleidomastoid vein Sternocleidomastoidei Sternocleidomastoideus Sternocleidomastoideus muscle Sternocleidomastoids Sternocleidomastoids Sternocleidomastoids Sternocoracoid sternocostal sternocostal sternocostal sternocostal articulation Sternocostal joints Sternocostal joints Sternocostal joints sternocostal ligament sternocostal muscle sternocostal muscle sternocostal muscle sternodymia sternodymus sternodynia sternohyoid sternohyoid sternohyoid

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