cleidomastoideus

noun

A muscle connecting the clavicle and the mastoid process.

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nouncleidomastoideus (plural cleidomastoidei)

plural cleidomastoidei

  1. anatomyA muscle connecting the clavicle and the mastoid process.

    Its lateral surface for the origins of the sternomastoideus and cleidomastoideus muscles is smooth probably because of the young age of the holotype individual.

    2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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