cleidomastoideus

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cleidomastoideus (plural cleidomastoidei)

  1. (anatomy) A muscle connecting the clavicle and the mastoid process.
    • 2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Its lateral surface for the origins of the sternomastoideus and cleidomastoideus muscles is smooth probably because of the young age of the holotype individual.
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