omoclavicular triangle
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triangle — In anatomy and surgery, a three sided area with arbitrary or natural boundaries. SEE ALSO: trigonum, region. [L. triangulum, fr. tri , three, + angulus, angle] anal t. [TA] the posterior portion of the perineal region through which the … Medical dictionary
Subclavian triangle — Subclavian triangle … Wikipedia
fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the … Medical dictionary
region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special … Medical dictionary
trigonum omoclaviculare — [TA] omoclavicular triangle: a deep region of the neck, corresponding to the fossa supraclavicularis major on the surface, in which the brachial plexus may be palpated, and by downward pressure the subclavian artery can be compressed against the… … Medical dictionary
nodi lymphoidei supraclaviculares — [TA] supraclavicular lymph nodes: the deep lateral cervical lymph nodes situated inferior to the omohyoid muscle, extending into the omoclavicular portion of the posterior triangle of the neck … Medical dictionary
