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cleidooccipital muscle

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A muscle organ that attaches_to a clavicle and attaches_to a occipital bone. [ ]

Term info

Label

cleidooccipital muscle

Synonyms
  • cleido-occipitalis
  • cleido-occipitalis muscle
  • cleidooccipital
database cross reference
comment

Some studies have indicated a supernumerary cleido-occipital muscle more or less separate from the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle; The frequency of cleido-occipital muscle occurrence has been reported up to 33%

id

UBERON:0010948