Soft Tissues - Triangles Flashcards
Identify item and triangle it's within

Sternocleidomastoid (posterior triangle)

lesser occipital n. (posterior triangle)

3rd part of Subclavian a. (posterior triangle)

Subclavian v. (posterior triangle)

Great auricular n. (posterior triangle)

Transverse cervical n. (posterior triangle)

Supraclavicular n. (posterior triangle)

Spinal accessory n. (posterior triangle)

Roots of the brachial plexus (C5-T1)
(no good pics for this one)

Splenius capitis (posterior triangle)

Levator scapulae (posterior triangle)

Levator scapulae (posterior triangle)

Scalenus posterior (posterior triangle)

Scalenus medius (posterior triangle)

Scalenus anterior (posterior triangle)

Interscalene triangle (posterior triangle)

Omohyoid m. - inferior belly (posterior triangle)

External jugular v. (posterior triangle)

External jugular v. (posterior triangle)

Transverse cervical a. (posterior triangle)

Transverse cervical v. (posterior triangle)

Suprascapular v. (posterior triangle)

Suprascapular a. (posterior triangle)

Platysma (anterior triangle)

Thyroid gland: right and left lobes (muscular triangle)

Posterior auricular v. (anterior triangle)

Thyroid gland: isthmus (Muscular triangle)

Sternohyoid (infrahyoid m.) (muscular triangle)

Recurrent laryngeal n. (muscular triangle)

Thyrohyoid (infrahyoid m.) (muscular triangle)

Posterior belly of the digastric (carotid triangle)

Hypoglossal n. (carotid triangle)

Common carotid a. (carotid triangle)

Internal jugular v. (carotid triangle)

Mylohyoid (submental triangle)

Hypoglossal n. (submandibular triangle)

Sternothyroid (infrahyoid m.) (muscular triangle)

n. to thyrohyoid off of hypoglossal n. (carotid triangle)

internal carotid a. (carotid triangle)

lingual v. (carotid triangle)

stylohyoid (submandibular triangle)

Submandibular gland (submandibular triangle)

External carotid a. (carotid triangle)

Superior thyroid a. off of external carotid (carotid triangle)

Superior laryngeal a. off of external carotid a. or superior thyroid a. (carotid triangle)

Superior root of ansa cervicalis (carotid triangle)

Superior thyroid aa. (muscular triangle)

Inferior thyroid aa. (muscular triangle)

Vagus n. (carotid triangle)

Superior laryngeal n. off of Vagus n. (carotid triangle)

Internal laryngeal n. off of superior laryngeal n. (carotid triangle)

external laryngeal n. off of superior laryngeal n. (carotid triangle)

Superior, middle, and inferior thyroid vv. (muscular triangle)

Inferior root of the ansa cervicalis (carotid triangle)

Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland (muscular triangle)

Ascending pharyngeal a. (carotid triangle)

lingual a. (carotid triangle)

Cervical branch of the facial n. (anterior triangle)

Communicating branch of the common facial v. (anterior triangle)
***Unsure about this one

Facial a. (carotid triangle)

occipital a. (carotid triangle)

superior thyroid v. (carotid triangle)

Anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric (submandibular triangle)

Transverse cervical n. (anterior triangle)

external jugular v. (anterior triangle)

anterior jugular v. (anterior triangle)

facial v. (anterior triangle)

anterior and posterior divisions of the retromandibular v. (anterior triangle)
esophagus, larynx, parathyroid glands, pharynx, thyroid gland, thyroid isthmus, and trachea
Cervical viscera (muscular triangle)

Superior belly of the omohyoid (infrahyoid m.) (muscular triangle)