Something to do with the cribriform plate and abcesses? There's a special term for this triangle, but I can't find it. It goes from eyebrow to eyebrow to mouth. Please, no wise*** sexual answers; that's not what I'm referring to.
2007-02-19 14:59:46 · 2 answers · asked by sarcastro1976 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The second guy is right. I guess what I'm asking is, what is it really called?
2007-02-19 15:40:02 · update #1
The "triangle of death" is the section of your face where the veins that drain blood pass back through the skull - frighteningly near the brain. In broad terms, it is deliniated from a spot between your eyebrows to either side of your mouth. If you should get a horrible abscess in this area that is breeding bacteria, any bacteria shed from this area have a chance of lodging within your brain, and bad things ensue.
2007-02-19 15:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by datamonkey0031 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you mistaking it for Scarpa's (Femoral) Triangle? Thats a space in the anterior leg between the inguinal ligament, adductor longus and sartorius. Its where the femoral and saphenous veins join and is sometimes associated with clots causing strokes.
Scarpa also had numerous bits in the face named after him (eg Scarpa's foramna is for nasopalatine nerves, Scarpa's hiatus in the ear). Maybe confusion there?
2007-02-19 15:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mark C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋