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carotid triangle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
carotid -tri-an-gle
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

Either of the two spaces in the anterolateral neck.

Dated

Usage

Inflected Forms

carotid triangles (plural)

Synonyms

superior carotid triangle

Questions

What does carotid triangle mean?
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.

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