TY  - JOUR
T1  - An unreported accessory muscle on the neck region
AU  - Gürçay, Sezgi
AU  - Önder, Merve
AU  - Akyol, Gökçe
AU  - Oğuz, Nurettin
PY  - 2024
DA  - September
DO  - 10.17944/interdiscip.1371839
JF  - Interdisciplinary Medical Journal
JO  - Interdiscip Med J
PB  - Hatay Mustafa Kemal University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2980-1915
SP  - 92
EP  - 95
VL  - 15
IS  - 52
LA  - en
AB  - Anatomical variations or accessory muscles on the neck region are important for clinicians and surgeons. This case report aims to contribute to the literature by demonstrating the presence of a previously unrecognized muscle on the lateral neck region. During routine gross anatomy dissection of a 59-year-old male cadaver; an unreported muscle was observed next to the scalene muscles on the left lateral neck region. The distance between the center of the scalenus medius and the insertion of the muscle was 6.17 cm, and the distance between the scapular notch and the insertion of the muscle was 1.56 cm. The distance between the aponeurosis that connects the superior and the inferior bellies of the omohyoideus muscle and the first head of the muscle was 6.24 cm. This anatomical formation, which is not included in the literature, has anatomical and clinical importance in controversial clinical cases in neck pathologies.
KW  - Accessory muscle
KW  - Clinical anatomy
KW  - Lateral neck region
KW  - Neck surgery
KW  - Variation
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.17944/interdiscip.1371839
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