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Sternocleidomastoid muscle. In human anatomy, the sternocleidomastoid muscle (/ËstÉËrnoÊËklaÉªdÉËmÃ¦sËtÉÉªd, -nÉ-, -doÊ-/), also known as sternomastoid and commonly abbreviated as SCM, is a paired muscle in the superficial layers of the side of the neck. It is one of the largest and most superficial cervical muscles.
The cell membrane of a muscle cell is called the sarcolemma, and this membrane, like that of neurons, maintains a membrane potential. So, impulses travel along muscle cell membranes just as they do along nerve cell membranes. However, the 'function' of impulses in muscle cells is to bring about contraction. To understand how a muscle contracts, you need to know a bit about the structure of muscle cells. Skeletal muscle is the muscle attached to the skeleton.