anterior triangle of the neck

The anterior triangle of the neck is now better understood.

The Digastricus divides the anterior triangle of the neck into three smaller triangles.

In infants, it often divides cephalad to the sternoclavicular articulation, within the anterior triangle of the neck.

At the side the outline of the sternomastoid muscle is the most striking mark; it divides the anterior triangle of the neck from the posterior.

The submental triangle (or suprahyoid triangle) is a division of the anterior triangle of the neck.

The space coincides with the anatomic region termed the submental triangle, part of the anterior triangle of the neck.

The triangular space in front of this muscle is called the anterior triangle of the neck; and that behind it, the posterior triangle of the neck.