musculus sternocleidomastoideus

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 105598121)
    is a type of: 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
    is a part of: cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
    same as: sternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle

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