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    STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 headplay

    Synonyms:

    musculus sternocleidomastoideus; sternocleido mastoideus; sternocleidomastoid; sternocleidomastoid muscle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("sternocleidomastoid muscle" 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 muscle" 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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