STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

musculus sternocleidomastoideus; sternocleido mastoideus; sternocleidomastoid; sternocleidomastoid muscle

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sternocleidomastoid" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Holonyms ("sternocleidomastoid" is a part of...):

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

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