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  2. Sternocleidomastoid muscle - Wikipedia

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    The sternocleidomastoid muscle originates from two locations: the manubrium of the sternum and the clavicle. [4] It travels obliquely across the side of the neck and inserts at the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the skull by a thin aponeurosis. [4] [5] The sternocleidomastoid is thick and narrow at its center, and broader and thinner ...

  3. Anterior triangle of the neck - Wikipedia

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    Anterior boundary. Midline of the neck from chin to the jugular notch. Posterior boundary. The anterior margin of sternocleidomastoid. Superior boundary (base) The lower border of the body of the mandible, and a line extending from the angle of the mandible to the mastoid process. Investing fascia covers the roof of the triangle while visceral ...

  4. Triangles of the neck - Wikipedia

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    The triangles of the neck describe the divisions created by the major muscles in the region.. The side of the neck presents a somewhat quadrilateral outline, limited, above, by the lower border of the body of the mandible, and an imaginary line extending from the angle of the mandible to the mastoid process; below, by the upper border of the clavicle; in front, by the middle line of the neck ...

  5. Mastoid part of the temporal bone - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical terms of bone. [edit on Wikidata] The mastoid part of the temporal bone is the posterior (back) part of the temporal bone, one of the bones of the skull. Its rough surface gives attachment to various muscles (via tendons) and it has openings for blood vessels. From its borders, the mastoid part articulates with two other bones.

  6. Accessory nerve - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The accessory nerve, also known as the eleventh cranial nerve, cranial nerve XI, or simply CN XI, is a cranial nerve that supplies the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles. It is classified as the eleventh of twelve pairs of cranial nerves because part of it was formerly believed to originate in the brain.

  7. Suboccipital triangle - Wikipedia

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    The suboccipital triangle is a region of the neck bounded by the following three muscles of the suboccipital group of muscles: (Rectus capitis posterior minor is also in this region but does not form part of the triangle) It is covered by a layer of dense fibro-fatty tissue, situated beneath the semispinalis capitis.

  8. Posterior triangle of the neck - Wikipedia

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    Apex: Union of the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius muscles at the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone. Anteriorly: Posterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus. Posteriorly: Anterior border of the trapezius. Inferiorly: Middle one third of the clavicle. Roof: Investing layer of the deep cervical fascia. Floor: (From superior to ...

  9. Supraclavicular nerves - Wikipedia

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    Plan of the cervical plexus. (Superficial descending labeled at bottom left.) The supraclavicular nerve is a cutaneous (sensory) nerve of the cervical plexus that arises from the third and fourth cervical (spinal) nerves. It emerges from beneath the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, then split into multiple branches.