Submandibular triangle

As submandibular trigone (Latin for " triangle below the lower jaw " ) is in the anatomy refers to a region of the lateral neck. Boundaries of this region are above the lower jaw and the front and rear, the two bellies of the digastric muscle. Back goes the region in the fossa retromandibular over ( " pit behind the lower jaw ").

As the largest structure of this Triangle contains the submandibular gland ( submandibular gland ). The demarcation of the region compared to the sublingual region ( Regio sublingual ) is essentially the mylohyoid muscle, which mainly forms so that the diaphragm oris (gr. / Lat. " Partition of the mouth "). Through the trigone of the submandibular facial artery pulls upwards on the lower jaw edge in the region cheeks, her pulse can be palpated approximately in the middle of the lower jaw. At nerves can be in the region of the lingual nerve, mylohyoid find the nerve ( a branch of the inferior alveolar nerve ) and the hypoglossal nerve.

• Neck