Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun musculus_sternocleidomastoideus

1 sense of musculus sternocleidomastoideus

Sense 1
sternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle, sternocleido mastoideus, musculus sternocleidomastoideus -- (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)
       => skeletal muscle, striated muscle -- (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)