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sternocleidomastoid vein(medicine)
sternocleidomastoid region(medicine)
sternocleidomastoid branch of occipital artery(medicine)
sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid artery(medicine)
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sternocleidomastoid vein (medicine) and K antigens (medicine)


sternocleidomastoid vein (medicine)


sternocleidomastoid vein
<anatomy, vein> It arises in the sternocleidomastoid muscle and accompanies the sternocleidomastoid branch of the occipital artery; it drains into the internal jugular or superior thyroid vein.

Synonym: vena sternocleidomastoidea.


K antigens (medicine)


K antigens -->
Kell blood group
<haematology, immunology> Blood type classification based on a group of erythrocyte antigens that is characterised by an antibody called anti-K.

Multiple erythrocytic antigens that comprise at least three pairs of alternates and amorphs, determined by one complex gene or possibly several genes at closely linked loci. The system is important in transfusion reactions. Its expression involves the X chromosome.