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Jackson's safety triangle
Associated persons:
Chevalier Jackson
Description:
A triangular space bounded above by the lower end of the thyroid cartilage, its apex in the suprasternal notch, and its sides the inner edges of the sternocleidomastoid muscle; so called because it marks the limits of the area through which the trachea may safely be incised in tracheostomy. (Dorlands Medical Dictionary).
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