Sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid muscle n.
A muscle with origin from the anterior surface of the episternum and from the sternal end of the clavicle, with insertion into the mastoid process and the superior nuchal line, with nerve supply from the accessory nerve, and whose action turns the head obliquely to the opposite side and flexes the neck and extends the head when both sides act together. Also called sternomastoid muscle.
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sternohyoid muscle ster·no·hy·oid muscle (stûr’nō-hī’oid’) n. A muscle with origin from the episternum and the first costal cartilage, with insertion into the hyoid bone, with nerve supply from the upper cervical nerve through the cervical ansa, and whose action depresses the hyoid bone.
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sternoid ster·noid (stûr’noid’) adj. Resembling the sternum.