title: Cleidooccipital muscle: an anomalous muscle in the neck region.
abstract: During our routine dissection studies, we encountered a case with abnormal muscle deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. According to its origin, insertion and innervation features, the abnormal muscle was considered as cleidooccipitalis muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, 07070 Antalya, Turkey. levent@med.akdeniz.edu.tr, sarikcioglul@yahoo.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarikcioglu
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Donmez
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology*