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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:dimgray; color: white">Triangular space</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind. The <a href="Axillary_space" title="Axillary space">axillary spaces</a> are labeled in green. Triangular space is the medial space.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Triangular space is visible but not labeled.)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>The <b>triangular space</b> (also known as the <b>medial triangular space</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>upper triangular space</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-isbn0-7817-5309-0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbn0-7817-5309-0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> medial axillary space or foramen omotricipitale<sup id="cite_ref-Fermin_2015_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fermin_2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is one of the three spaces found at the <a href="Axillary_space" title="Axillary space">axillary space</a>. The other two spaces are the <a href="Quadrangular_space" title="Quadrangular space">quadrangular space</a> and the <a href="Triangular_interval" title="Triangular interval">triangular interval</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BD_Chaurasia_2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BD_Chaurasia_2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>It has the following boundaries:
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<ul><li>Inferior: the superior border of the <a href="Teres_major" class="mw-redirect" title="Teres major">teres major</a>;</li>
<li>Lateral: the long head of the <a href="Triceps" title="Triceps">triceps</a>;</li>
<li>Superior: Teres minor</li></ul>
<p>For the superior border, some sources list the <a href="Teres_minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Teres minor">teres minor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-isbn0-7817-5309-0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbn0-7817-5309-0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others list the <a href="Subscapularis" class="mw-redirect" title="Subscapularis">subscapularis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-isbn0-443-06612-4_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbn0-443-06612-4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>It contains the <a href="Scapular_circumflex" class="mw-redirect" title="Scapular circumflex">scapular circumflex</a> vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Unlike the quadrangular space or the triangular interval, no major nerve passes through the triangular space.
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<ul><li><a href="Quadrangular_space" title="Quadrangular space">Quadrangular space</a></li>
<li><a href="Triangular_interval" title="Triangular interval">Triangular interval</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microsurgeon.org/back_muscles_parascap.jpg">Diagram at microsurgeon.org</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://iris3.med.tufts.edu/dentgross/labguide/Shoulder4.html">Photo at tufts.edu</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205309/http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Triangular_space">Description at ganfyd.org</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/lahr/LE2000/UE_Ind_Study_99/shoulder/edited/superficial_post.jpeg">Photo at ithaca.edu</a></li>
<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text in the <a href="Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray#page/445/mode/2up">page 445</a> of the 20th edition of</i> <a href="Gray's_Anatomy" title="Gray's Anatomy">Gray's Anatomy</a> <i>(1918)</i></li></ul>
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<li><a href="Teres_minor_muscle" title="Teres minor muscle">teres minor</a></li>
<li><a href="Subscapularis_muscle" title="Subscapularis muscle">subscapularis</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Teres_major_muscle" title="Teres major muscle">teres major</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Fascia" title="Fascia">fascia</a>:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Deltoid_fascia" class="mw-redirect" title="Deltoid fascia">deltoid fascia</a></li>
<li><a href="Supraspinous_fascia" title="Supraspinous fascia">supraspinous fascia</a></li>
<li><a href="Infraspinous_fascia" title="Infraspinous fascia">infraspinous fascia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Arm" title="Arm">Arm</a><br>(<a href="Fascial_compartments_of_arm" title="Fascial compartments of arm">compartments</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Anterior_compartment_of_the_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior compartment of the arm">anterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Coracobrachialis_muscle" title="Coracobrachialis muscle">coracobrachialis</a></li>
<li><a href="Biceps" title="Biceps">biceps</a></li>
<li><a href="Brachialis_muscle" title="Brachialis muscle">brachialis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Posterior_compartment_of_the_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior compartment of the arm">posterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Triceps_brachii_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Triceps brachii muscle">triceps brachii</a></li>
<li><a href="Anconeus_muscle" title="Anconeus muscle">anconeus</a></li>
<li><a href="Articularis_cubiti_muscle" title="Articularis cubiti muscle">articularis cubiti</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Fascia" title="Fascia">fascia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Axillary_sheath" title="Axillary sheath">axillary sheath</a></li>
<li><a href="Axillary_fascia" title="Axillary fascia">axillary fascia</a></li>
<li><a href="Brachial_fascia" title="Brachial fascia">brachial fascia</a></li>
<li><i>intermuscular septa</i>
<ul><li><a href="Lateral_intermuscular_septum_of_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Lateral intermuscular septum of arm">lateral</a></li>
<li><a href="Medial_intermuscular_septum_of_arm" class="mw-redirect" title="Medial intermuscular septum of arm">medial</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i>spaces</i>
<ul><li><a href="Quadrangular_space" title="Quadrangular space">quadrangular space</a></li>
<li><a href="Triangular_interval" title="Triangular interval">triangular interval</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Forearm" title="Forearm">Forearm</a><br>(<a href="Fascial_compartments_of_forearm" class="mw-redirect" title="Fascial compartments of forearm">compartments</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Anterior_compartment_of_the_forearm" title="Anterior compartment of the forearm">anterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>superficial:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Pronator_teres_muscle" title="Pronator teres muscle">pronator teres</a></li>
<li><a href="Palmaris_longus_muscle" title="Palmaris longus muscle">palmaris longus</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexor_carpi_radialis_muscle" title="Flexor carpi radialis muscle">flexor carpi radialis</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexor_carpi_ulnaris_muscle" title="Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle">flexor carpi ulnaris</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexor_digitorum_superficialis_muscle" title="Flexor digitorum superficialis muscle">flexor digitorum superficialis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>deep:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Pronator_quadratus_muscle" title="Pronator quadratus muscle">pronator quadratus</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexor_digitorum_profundus_muscle" title="Flexor digitorum profundus muscle">flexor digitorum profundus</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexor_pollicis_longus_muscle" title="Flexor pollicis longus muscle">flexor pollicis longus</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Posterior_compartment_of_the_forearm" title="Posterior compartment of the forearm">posterior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i> superficial:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mobile_wad" title="Mobile wad">mobile wad</a>
<ul><li><a href="Brachioradialis" title="Brachioradialis">brachioradialis</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_carpi_radialis_longus_muscle" title="Extensor carpi radialis longus muscle">extensor carpi radialis longus</a> and <a href="Extensor_carpi_radialis_brevis_muscle" title="Extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle">brevis</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_digitorum_muscle" title="Extensor digitorum muscle">extensor digitorum</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_digiti_minimi_muscle" title="Extensor digiti minimi muscle">extensor digiti minimi</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_carpi_ulnaris_muscle" title="Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle">extensor carpi ulnaris</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>deep:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Supinator_muscle" title="Supinator muscle">supinator</a></li>
<li><a href="Anatomical_snuffbox" title="Anatomical snuffbox">anatomical snuffbox</a>
<ul><li><a href="Abductor_pollicis_longus_muscle" title="Abductor pollicis longus muscle">abductor pollicis longus</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_pollicis_brevis_muscle" title="Extensor pollicis brevis muscle">extensor pollicis brevis</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_pollicis_longus_muscle" title="Extensor pollicis longus muscle">extensor pollicis longus</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_indicis_muscle" title="Extensor indicis muscle">extensor indicis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Fascia" title="Fascia">fascia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bicipital_aponeurosis" title="Bicipital aponeurosis">bicipital aponeurosis</a></li>
<li><i>common tendons</i>
<ul><li><a href="Common_extensor_tendon" title="Common extensor tendon">extensor</a></li>
<li><a href="Common_flexor_tendon" title="Common flexor tendon">flexor</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Antebrachial_fascia" title="Antebrachial fascia">antebrachial fascia</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cubital_tunnel" title="Cubital tunnel">cubital tunnel</a></li>
<li><a href="Osborne's_ligament" title="Osborne's ligament">osborne's ligament</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Hand" title="Hand">Hand</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">lateral volar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Thenar_eminence" title="Thenar eminence">thenar</a>
<ul><li><a href="Opponens_pollicis_muscle" title="Opponens pollicis muscle">opponens pollicis</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexor_pollicis_brevis_muscle" title="Flexor pollicis brevis muscle">flexor pollicis brevis</a></li>
<li><a href="Abductor_pollicis_brevis_muscle" title="Abductor pollicis brevis muscle">abductor pollicis brevis</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Adductor_pollicis_muscle" title="Adductor pollicis muscle">adductor pollicis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">medial volar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Hypothenar_eminence" title="Hypothenar eminence">hypothenar</a>
<ul><li><a href="Opponens_digiti_minimi_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Opponens digiti minimi muscle">opponens digiti minimi</a></li>
<li><a href="Flexor_digiti_minimi_brevis_muscle_(hand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle (hand)">flexor digiti minimi brevis</a></li>
<li><a href="Abductor_digiti_minimi_muscle_of_hand" class="mw-redirect" title="Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand">abductor digiti minimi</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Palmaris_brevis_muscle" title="Palmaris brevis muscle">palmaris brevis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">intermediate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Lumbricals_of_the_hand" title="Lumbricals of the hand">lumbrical</a></li>
<li><i>interossei</i>
<ul><li><a href="Dorsal_interossei_of_the_hand" title="Dorsal interossei of the hand">dorsal</a></li>
<li><a href="Palmar_interossei_muscles" title="Palmar interossei muscles">palmar</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Fascia" title="Fascia">fascia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>posterior:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Extensor_retinaculum_of_the_hand" title="Extensor retinaculum of the hand">extensor retinaculum</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensor_expansion" title="Extensor expansion">extensor expansion</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><i>anterior:</i></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Flexor_retinaculum_of_the_hand" title="Flexor retinaculum of the hand">flexor retinaculum</a></li>
<li><a href="Palmar_aponeurosis" title="Palmar aponeurosis">palmar aponeurosis</a></li></ul>
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