Triangles of the neck

Changed by Craig Hacking, 2 Sep 2020

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The triangles of the neck are surgically focussed divisions of the neck, first described from early dissection-based anatomical studies which predated cross-sectional anatomical description based on cross-sectional imaging (see deep spaces of the neck).

The neck can be divided into anterior and posterior triangles by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and each triangle again further subdivided:

  • -<a href="/articles/posterior-triangle">posterior triangle</a><ul>
  • +<a href="/articles/posterior-triangle-of-the-neck">posterior triangle</a><ul>
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Figure 1: surgical triangles of the neck (Gray's illustration)

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