HyperDic: sternocleido_mastoideus

English > 1 sense of the expression sternocleido mastoideus:
NOUNbodysternocleido mastoideus, sternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle, musculus sternocleidomastoideusone of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone
English > sternocleido mastoideus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningOne 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.
Synonymssternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle, musculus sternocleidomastoideus
Part ofneck, cervixThe part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
Broaderskeletal muscle, striated muscleA muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton
Spanishesternocleidomastoideo, músculo esternocleidomastoideo
Catalanmúscul esternoclidomastoïdal, múscul esternomastoïdal

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