Sternocleidomastoid artery
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Sternocleidomastoid artery can refer to:
- Sternocleidomastoid branches of occipital arterySternocleidomastoid branches of occipital arteryThe sternocleidomastoid branches of occipital artery generally arises from the occipital close to its commencement, but sometimes springs directly from the external carotid....
- Sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid arterySternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid arteryThe sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid artery runs downward and lateralward across the sheath of the common carotid artery, and supplies the Sternocleidomastoideus and neighboring muscles and integument; it frequently arises as a separate branch from the external carotid....