Sternocleiodomastoid Muscle with Five Fleshy Bellies and Thirteen Heads of Origin

Sternocleiodomastoid Muscle with Five Fleshy Bellies and Thirteen Heads of Origin

Sternocleidomastoid (SCM) is the main landmark muscle of the neck. Knowledge of variations of this muscle is very important for radiologist, surgeons, chiropractitioners, plastic surgeons and clinicians in general. We report a unique unilateral variation of SCM observed in an adult male cadaver. The...

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Main Authors: Sudarshan Surendran, Satheesha B Nayak, Deepthinath Reghunathan, Venu Madhav Nelluri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2016-10-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:
Sternocleidomastoid
variation
radiology
neck surgery
central venous catheterization
Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue59/2016-3-11.html

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