Occurrence of Three Headed Sternocleidomastoid Muscle and a Common Thyro-Linguo-Facial Vein – A Case Report

• Main Authors: Gayathri S Prabhu, Satheesha B Nayak, Prakashchandra Shetty, Deepthinath Reghunathan, Prasad AM
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9300/1/12-MS1224-Gayathri%2520S%2520Prabhu%2520et%2520al..pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9300/; http://jsurgical.com
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Variant anatomy of muscles and veins of the neck is of importance to plastic surgeons, radiologists and general surgeons. We report the variations of sternocleidomastoid muscle and veins of the neck in the present article. Right sternocleidomastoid muscle had three heads of origin. The third head to...