NOUN
- 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
How To Use sternocleidomastoid muscle In A Sentence
- The surgeon makes a horizontal incision 2 cm from the patient's midline on the contralateral side and extends on the ipsilateral side of the neck to the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- The descendens hypoglossi occasionally sends a branch to the sternal head of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- Slide 288: 278 Thyroid Gland Right lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 241 common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Left lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 242 omohyoid muscle, common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Block, Color Atlas of Ultrasound Anatomy © 2004 Thieme All rights reserved. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- Objective To evaluate the prevention of Frey's syndrome by reserving and reconstructing parotid fascia with sternocleidomastoid muscle and remaining of parotid fascia in parotidectomy .
- On the left side of whose neck, over the middle anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, was a nipple-like projection 1/2 inch in length; a rod of cartilage was prolonged into it from a thin plate, which was freely movable in the subcutaneous tissue, forming a striking analogue to an auricle (Fig. 105). Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Objective To evaluate the prevention of Frey's syndrome by reserving and reconstructing parotid fascia with sternocleidomastoid muscle and remaining of parotid fascia in parotidectomy .
- The density of lymphatic tubes around the internal jugular vein, accessory nerve and sternocleidomastoid muscles was much higher than that around the external jugular vein and cervical plexus.
- His boss's neck bulges with 'huge sternocleidomastoid muscles'. Times, Sunday Times
- The submandibular glands are located within a triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, and the body of the mandible.
- There is mentioned the case of a boy of six months on the left side of whose neck, over the middle anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, was a nipple-like projection 1/2 inch in length; a rod of cartilage was prolonged into it from a thin plate, which was freely movable in the subcutaneous tissue, forming a striking analogue to an auricle. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
