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submental triangle

The triangle of the neck bounded by the anterior belly of the digastric muscles, the hyoid bone & the midline. The mylohyoid muscle forms its floor. Main contents: -> Submental lymph nodes, small veins that unite to form internal jugular vein.

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

anterior triangle/region of neck (anterior cervical region)