sternomastoideus

noun

The sternomastoid muscle.

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nounsternomastoideus (plural sternomastoidei)

plural sternomastoidei

  1. The sternomastoid muscle.

    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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