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2. Triangles of the neck - Wikipedia

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   The triangles of the neck describe the divisions created by the major muscles in the region.. The side of the neck presents a somewhat quadrilateral outline, limited, above, by the lower border of the body of the mandible, and an imaginary line extending from the angle of the mandible to the mastoid process; below, by the upper border of the clavicle; in front, by the middle line of the neck ...

3. Anterior triangle of the neck - Wikipedia

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   Anterior boundary. Midline of the neck from chin to the jugular notch. Posterior boundary. The anterior margin of sternocleidomastoid. Superior boundary (base) The lower border of the body of the mandible, and a line extending from the angle of the mandible to the mastoid process. Investing fascia covers the roof of the triangle while visceral ...

4. Head and neck anatomy - Wikipedia

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   The skeletal section of the head and neck forms the top part of the axial skeleton and is made up of the skull, hyoid bone, auditory ossicles, and cervical spine. The skull can be further subdivided into: the cranium (8 bones: frontal, 2-parietal, occipital, 2-temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid), and.

5. Posterior triangle of the neck - Wikipedia

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   The posterior triangle is crossed, about 2.5 cm above the clavicle, by the inferior belly of the omohyoid muscle, which divides the space into two triangles: an upper or occipital triangle. a lower or subclavian triangle (or supraclavicular triangle)

6. Suboccipital triangle - Wikipedia

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   Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] The suboccipital triangleis a region of the neckbounded by the following three muscles of the suboccipital group of muscles: Rectus capitis posterior major- above and medially. Obliquus capitis superior- above and laterally. Obliquus capitis inferior- below and laterally.

7. Neck - Wikipedia

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   Neck. The neck is the part of the body on many vertebrates that connects the head with the torso. The neck supports the weight of the head and protects the nerves that carry sensory and motor information from the brain down to the rest of the body. In addition, the neck is highly flexible and allows the head to turn and flex in all directions.

8. Carotid triangle - Wikipedia

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   On the lateral side of the vessels, the accessory nerve runs for a short distance before it pierces the Sternocleidomastoideus; and on the medial side of the external carotid, just below the hyoid bone, the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve may be seen; and, still more inferiorly, the external branch of the same nerve.

9. Cervical vertebrae - Wikipedia

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   It consists of 7 bones, from top to bottom, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, and C7. In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (sg.: vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull. Truncal vertebrae (divided into thoracic and lumbar vertebrae in mammals) lie caudal (toward the tail) of cervical vertebrae. [ 1 ]