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{{Infobox Anatomy |anatomy

| Name = Triangular space |

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| GraySubject = 124 |

| GrayPage = 445 |

| Image = Axillary_space.png |

| Caption = Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind. The [[axillary space]]s are labeled in green. Triangular space is the medial space. |

| Image2 = Gray524.png |

| Caption2 = The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Triangular space is visible but not labeled.) |

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| System = |

| Artery = |

| Vein = |

| Nerve = |

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}}

The '''triangular space''' (also known as the '''medial triangular space''',<ref>[http://iris3.med.tufts.edu/dentgross/labguide/Shoulder4.html Photo at tufts.edu]</ref> '''upper triangular space''',<ref name="isbn0-7817-5309-0">{{cite book |author=Kyung Won, PhD. Chung |title=Gross Anatomy (Board Review) |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |___location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2005 |isbn=0-7817-5309-0 |oclc= |doi= |page=34}}</ref> or '''medial axillary space'''{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} or foramen omotricipitale) is an [[axillary space]].

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==Contents==

It contains the [[scapular circumflex]] vessels.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Wasfi F, Ullah M | title = Structures passing through the triangular space of the human upper limb | journal = Acta Anat (Basel) | volume = 123 | issue = 2 | pages = 112–3 | year = 1985 | pmid = 4061026 | doi = 10.1159/000146049}}</ref>

[[ImageFile:Gray412-spaces.png|thumb|right|200px||Muscles on the dorsum of the scapula, and the Triceps brachii.]]

==See also==

* [[Quadrangular space]]

* [[Triangular interval]]