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    The posterior triangle (or lateral cervical region) is a region of the neck. The posterior triangle has the following boundaries: Apex: Union of the sternocleidomastoid...
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    The triangular space in front of this muscle is called the anterior triangle of the neck; and that behind it, the posterior triangle of the neck. The...
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    The anterior triangle is a region of the neck. The triangle is inverted with its apex inferior to its base which is under the chin. Investing fascia covers...
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    through the posterior triangle of the neck to enter the anterior border of the trapezius muscle at a point located approximately at the junction of the middle...
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  • Thumbnail for Cystic hygroma
    arise anywhere, but is classically found in the left posterior triangle of the neck and armpits. The malformation contains large cyst-like cavities containing...
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    of the neck. Anterior view. Posterior triangle of the neck This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 565 of the 20th edition of Gray's...
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    The subclavian triangle (or supraclavicular triangle, omoclavicular triangle, Ho's triangle), the smaller division of the posterior triangle, is bounded...
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    The carotid triangle (or superior carotid triangle) is a portion of the anterior triangle of the neck. It is bounded: Posteriorly by (the anterior border...
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    The submandibular triangle (or submaxillary or digastric triangle) corresponds to the region of the neck immediately beneath the body of the mandible....
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    is the most striking mark. It separates the anterior triangle of the neck from the posterior. The upper part of the anterior triangle contains the submandibular...
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  • Thumbnail for Brachial plexus
    and wounds to the lateral cervical region (posterior triangle) of the neck or the axilla. Depending on the location of the injury, the signs and symptoms...
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    Suprascapular nerve (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    upper trunk, the nerve passes across the posterior triangle of the neck parallel to the inferior belly of the omohyoid muscle and deep to the trapezius muscle...
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  • Thumbnail for Neck dissection
    parotid and posterior scalp.[citation needed] 1906 – George W. Crile of the Cleveland Clinic describes the radical neck dissection. The operation encompasses...
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  • Thumbnail for Suboccipital triangle
    The suboccipital triangle is a region of the neck bounded by the following three muscles of the suboccipital group of muscles: Rectus capitis posterior...
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    sometimes referred to as the cervical pleura or cupula of pleura, bulges beyond the thoracic inlet into the posterior triangle of the neck, where it is covered...
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    the posterior triangle of the neck these rami form three trunks from which fibers enter the axilla region (armpit) to innervate the muscles of the anterior...
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    of the C5 and C6 cervical spinal nerves. The origin is situated within the posterior triangle of the neck. Descending, it passes anterior to (the 3rd...
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    Levator scapulae muscle (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    of scapula and medial border of scapula inferiorly). One of the muscles within the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck, the superior part of levator...
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    of neck. The triangles of the neck. (Anterior triangles to the left; posterior triangles to the right. Suprahyoid labeled at left.) Anterior triangle...
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    Splenius capitis muscle (category Muscles of the head and neck)
    the mastoid process, and to the trapezius for its lower portion. It is one of the muscles that forms the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck....
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    foramen of C1 (also known as the atlas), the vertebral arteries travel across the posterior arch of C1 and through the suboccipital triangle[citation...
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    Omohyoid muscle (category Muscles of the head and neck)
    belly of the omohyoid divides the posterior triangle of the neck into a occipital triangle (above) and a subclavian triangle (below).[verification needed]...
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  • posterior spinal arteries posterior spinocerebellar tract posterior superior alveolar artery posterior tibial artery posterior triangle of the neck posterolateral...
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  • Thumbnail for Supraclavicular nerves
    branches. The nerves descend in the posterior triangle of the neck beneath the platysma muscle and the deep cervical fascia.[citation needed] Near the clavicle...
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    the upper part of the Sternocleidomastoideus; it pierces this muscle, and courses obliquely across the posterior triangle of the neck, to end in the deep...
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  • The Pirogov triangle (also Piragoff's triangle) is an area in the human neck formed by the intermediate tendon of the digastric muscle, the posterior...
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  • Thumbnail for Digastric muscle
    needed] The digastric muscle divides the anterior triangle of the neck into four smaller triangles: the submandibular triangle (digastric triangle), the carotid...
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  • Thumbnail for Prevertebral fascia
    fascia. The prevertebral fascia represents the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck. The cervical sympathetic trunk lies upon it.: 600  The prevertebral...
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    The inferior carotid triangle (or muscular triangle), is bounded, in front, by the median line of the neck from the hyoid bone to the sternum; behind...
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  • Levator claviculae muscle (category Muscles of the upper limb)
    anatomy, the levator claviculae is a very rare accessory and vestigial skeletal muscle in the posterior triangle of the neck. It originates on the transverse...
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