Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System: Alphabetical Listing of Muscles, Subclavius, Varieties of sterno-clavicularis muscles

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System, Alphabetical Listing of Muscles, Subclavius

Varieties of sterno-clavicularis muscles

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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Image of varieties of sterno-clavicularis muscles

Left:Suprasternal Ossicles and Interclavicular ligament.
Middle:Note similarity with the right image. The interclavicular ligament is replaced by the musculus sterno-clavicularis. The right and left parts of the muscle are joined by a tendon that arises from the manubrium of the sternum.
Right:A second variety of m. sterno-clavicularis is known as musculus interclavicularis.
After Hyrtl, 1858

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