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sternocleidomastoid

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A paired muscle in the superficial layers of the anterior portion of the neck. It acts to flex and rotate the head. It also acts as an accessory muscle of inspiration, along with the scalene muscles of the neck. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternocleidomastoid_muscle ]

Term info

Label

sternocleidomastoid

Synonyms
  • sterno-mastoid
  • sternocleidomastoid muscle
  • sternomastoid
  • sternomastoid muscle
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Gray512.png, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Gray512.svg

editor note

TODO: sternocleidomastoid = sternomastoid + Cleidomastoideus. Origin: from manubrium sterni (sterno) and clavicle (cleido) and it's insertion at the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

has related synonym

sternocleidomastoideus, sternomastoid muscle, sterno-mastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscles, sternocleidomastoids, sternocleidomastoidei, sternocleidomastoideus muscle, musculus sternocleidomastoideus, sternocleidomastoid, supraclavicularis muscle, sternomastoid, sterno-cleido-mastoid

homology notes

The sternomastoid and the three parts of the trapezius are branchiomeric muscles that have secondarily acquired an attachment to the pectoral girdle. They evolved from the fish cucullaris.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0001128