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Beclard Triangle

Béclard's triangle is an area whose boundaries are the posterior border of the hyoglossus, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle and the greater horn of the hyoid bone.

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Béclard's triangle is an area whose boundaries are the posterior border of the hyoglossus, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle and the greater horn of the hyoid bone.

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  • R. Shane Tubbs; Mark Rasmussen; Marios Loukas; Mohammadali M. Shoja; Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol (January 2011). "Three nearly forgotten anatomical triangles of the neck: triangles of Beclard, Lesser and Pirogoff and their potential applications in surgical dissection of the neck". Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 33 (1): 53–57. doi:10.1007/s00276-010-0697-2. PMID 20623121.