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carotid triangles

carotid triangles is the plural of carotid triangle.

Meaning of carotid triangle

Noun

carotid triangle (plural carotid triangles)

  1. A space in each lateral half of the neck that is bounded in back by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, below by the omohyoid muscle, and above by the stylohyoid and digastric muscles.
  2. (dated) Either of the two spaces in the anterolateral neck.

Questions about carotid triangles

What is carotid triangles the plural of?
Carotid triangles is the plural of carotid triangle.

Words near carotid triangles in the dictionary

  1. carotid artery
  2. carotid plexus
  3. carotid sinus
  4. carotid sinuses
  5. carotid triangle
  6. carotid triangles
  7. carotidal
  8. carotidean
  9. carotidial
  10. carotids
  11. carotidynia

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