muscular/inferior carotid/omotracheal/tracheal triangle

Introduction

The triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid, superior belly of the omohyoid & the anterior midline of the neck; infrahyoid muscles occupy most of it.

Main contents:

• sternothyroid & sternohyoid muscles
• thyroid & parathyroid glands

More general terms

• anatomic structure

Component of

• posterior triangle of neck (lateral region)