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  • Title: Innervation of the lower third of the sternocleidomastoid muscle by the ansa cervicalis through the C1 descendens hypoglossal branch: a previously unreported anatomical variant.
    Author: Blythe JN, Matharu J, Reuther WJ, Brennan PA.
    Journal: Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg; 2015 May; 53(5):470-1. PubMed ID: 25747248.
    Abstract:
    We describe a previously unreported anatomical variant (found during a routine neck dissection) in which the lower third of the sternocleidomastoid was innervated by the C1 branch of the ansa cervicalis (descendens hypoglossi).
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