The occipital triangle sits atop the cervical triangle’s posterior, superior side. The omohyoid’s inferior belly forms the inferior angle of this triangle, which otherwise shares its anterior and posterior angles with the posterior cervical triangle.
How To Remember The Contents of the Occipital Triangle Of The Neck?
Contents of the Occipital Triangle Of The Neck
Cutaneous and muscular branches of the cervical plexus
Uppermost part of the brachial plexus
Supraclavicular nerve
Spinal accessory nerve
Transverse cervical vessels
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