Usually means: Muscle connecting skull and sternum.
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  1. sternocleidomastoideus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sternocleidomastoideus)

noun:  (anatomy) Alternative form of sternocleidomastoid muscle. [(anatomy) 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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