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== Description ==
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== Clinical Significance ==
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Description[edit | edit source]

The neck, as a geometric region, can be clinically divided using anatomical triangles. The Sternocleidomastoid muscle obliquely crosses the neck to form the division between the two major neck triangles: anterior triangle and posterior triangle. Both triangles are further divided into smaller triangles: [1][2]

  1. Anterior Triangle
    • Digastric/Submandibular Triangle
    • Submental Triangle
    • Carotid Triangle
    • Muscular Triangle
  2. Posterior Triangle
    • Occipital Triangle
    • Subclavian/Supraclavicular


The neck is limited[1]:

  • superiorly by the inferior border of the mandible
  • anteriorly by midline
  • inferiorly by the superior border of the clavicle
  • posteriorly by the anterior margin of the trapezius muscle.

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Anterior Triangle[edit | edit source]

Digastric/Submandibular Triangle[edit | edit source]

Submental Triangle[edit | edit source]

Carotid Triangle[edit | edit source]

Muscular Triangle[edit | edit source]

Posterior Triangle[edit | edit source]

Occipital Triangle[edit | edit source]

Subclavian/Supraclavicular Triangle[edit | edit source]

Clinical Significance[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kikuta S, Iwanaga J, Kusukawa J, Tubbs RS. Triangles of the neck: a review with clinical/surgical applications. Anatomy & Cell Biology. 2019 Jun 1;52(2):120-7.
  2. Kohan EJ, Wirth GA. Anatomy of the neck. Clinics in plastic surgery. 2014 Jan 1;41(1):1-6.
  3. 5MinuteSchool. TRIANGLES OF THE NECK ANATOMY MADE EASY - EXPLAINED in 3 MINUTES!! CERVICAL TRIANGLES. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUvmlf3Wxng [last accessed 05/11/2020]