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Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918), Muscles of the head and neck

sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid muscle sternocleido mastoideus musculus sternocleidomastoideus Sterno-cleido-mastoids

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 WordNet 3.0

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The sternocleidomastoid muscle is one of the largest and most superficial cervical muscles. Wikipedia

Paired muscle of the neck that traverses the neck between the manubrium sterni and the mastoid process Wikidata

Each of a pair of long muscles which connect the sternum, clavicle, and mastoid process of the temporal bone and serve to turn and nod the neck. Wiktionary

A paired muscle in the superficial layers of the anterior portion of the neck, acting to flex and rotate the head. Wiktionary

Neck muscle. Wiktionary (translation)

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PART OF

ARTERIAL SUPPLY

superior thyroid artery

MUSCLE INSERTION

mastoid