Occipital triangle
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The occipital triangle is one of the paired triangles in the posterior triangle of the neck. The triangles of the neck are surgically focussed, first described from early dissection-based anatomical studies which predated cross-sectional anatomical description based on imaging (see deep spaces of the neck).
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- anterior: posterior border of sternocleidomastoid
- posterior: anterior border of trapezius
- inferior: inferior belly of omohyoid
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- spinal accessory nerve
- cutaneous and muscular branches of the cervical plexus
- upper most part of brachial plexus
- supraclavicular nerve
- transverse cervical vessels
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