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01-09-2015 | Anatomic Variations

Bilateral four heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Authors: So-Yeon Kim, Han-Bin Jang, Jinu Kim, Sang Pil Yoon

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 7/2015

Abstract

The sternocleidomastoid muscle shows a wide range of variations including supernumerary muscular heads. We found a rare variation in the sternocleidomastoid muscle with bilateral supernumerary heads in a 67-year-old Korean male cadaver. Bilateral four muscle bellies were recorded: two sternomastoids, one cleido-occipital and one cleido-mastoid occipital on the right side, and one sternomastoid, one cleido-occipital and two cleido-mastoids on the left side. The variation of bilateral four heads on sternocleidomastoid muscle is important to surgeons and anesthetists for clinical using.

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Title: Bilateral four heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
Authors: So-Yeon Kim
Han-Bin Jang
Jinu Kim
Sang Pil Yoon
Publication date: 01-09-2015
Publisher: Springer Paris
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-014-1397-0

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