Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sternocleidomastoid muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: ster-n-oclei-do-mas-toid -mus-cle
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long thick superficial muscles on each side of the anterior neck which arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the inner part of the clavicle, that inserts into the mastoid process of the temporal bone and that acts especially to bend, flex, rotate and extend the head.

Inflected Forms

sternocleidomastoid muscles (plural) sternocleidomastoid (alternative) sternocleidomastoideus (alternative)

Synonyms

sternomastoid muscle sternomastoid sternocleidomastoid sternocleido mastoideus musculus sternocleidomastoideus

Questions

What does sternocleidomastoid muscle mean?: A long thick superficial muscles on each side of the anterior neck which arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the inner part of the clavicle, that inserts into the mastoid process of the temporal bone and that acts especially to bend, flex, rotate and extend the head.

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