sternocleidomastoid muscle

What does sternocleidomastoid muscle mean?

sternocleidomastoid muscle means "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".

What is another word for sternocleidomastoid muscle?

Close synonyms include sternocleidomastoid, sternocleido mastoideus, musculus sternocleidomastoideus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sternocleidomastoid muscle a common word?

sternocleidomastoid muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sternocleidomastoid muscle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.