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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. 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.

  6. 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)

  7. Cervical vertebrae - Wikipedia

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    The giraffe's neck is elongated by heterochrony, extension of the time for the embryonic development of these bones. [ 4 ] By convention, the cervical vertebrae are numbered, with the first one (C1) closest to the skull and higher numbered vertebrae (C2–C7) proceeding away from the skull and down the spine.

  8. Atlanto-axial joint - Wikipedia

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    articulatio atlantoaxialis mediana, articulatio atlantoaxialis lateralis. MeSH. D001268. FMA. 25524. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] The atlanto-axial joint is a joint in the upper part of the neck between the atlas bone and the axis bone, which are the first and second cervical vertebrae. It is a pivot joint.

  9. Digastric muscle - Wikipedia

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    Front view of neck. Opens the jaw when the masseter and the temporalis are relaxed. The digastric muscle (also digastricus) (named digastric as it has two 'bellies') is a bilaterally paired suprahyoid muscle located under the jaw. Its posterior belly is attached to the mastoid notch of temporal bone, and its anterior belly is attached to the ...