carotid triangles

A form of carotid triangle — 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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of carotid triangle
Cite this entry
APA

carotid triangles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotid%20triangles

MLA

“carotid triangles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotid%20triangles. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carotid triangles,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotid%20triangles.

Source: carotid triangles on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.