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occipital triangle

The triangle bounded by the trapezius, the sternocleidomastoid & the omohyoid muscles. Main contents: -> part of external jugular vein -> posterior branches of cervical plexus of nerves, accessory nerve, trunks of brachial plexus -> transverse cervical artery -> cervical lymph nodes

Related

inferior occipital triangle suboccipital triangle supraclavicular/omoclavicular/subclavian triangle

General

anatomic structure

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.

Component-of

posterior triangle of neck (lateral region)