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Triangular space

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Triangular space
Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind. The axillary spaces are labeled in green. Triangular space is the medial space.
The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Triangular space is visible but not labeled.)
Anatomical terminology

The triangular space (also known as the medial triangular space,[1] upper triangular space,[2] or medial axillary space[citation needed] or Foramen Omotricipitale) is an axillary space.

It should not be confused with the triangular interval, which transmits the radial nerve and the Profunda brachii artery also called as the deep artery of the arm.

Boundaries

It has the following boundaries:

Contents

It contains the scapular circumflex vessels.[3]

Muscles on the dorsum of the scapula, and the Triceps brachii.

See also

References

  1. ^ Photo at tufts.edu
  2. ^ Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 34. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
  3. ^ Wasfi F, Ullah M (1985). "Structures passing through the triangular space of the human upper limb". Acta Anat (Basel). 123 (2): 112–3. doi:10.1159/000146049. PMID 4061026.