page_title: Killian's dehiscence
hierarchical_section_title: Killian's dehiscence
context_page_description: Killian's dehiscence is a triangular area in the wall of the pharynx between the cricopharyngeus and thyropharyngeus which are the two parts of the inferior constrictors. It can be seen as a locus minoris resistentiae.
  Similar triangular area between circular fibres of cricopharyngeus and longitudinal fibres of esophagus is Lamier's triangle or Lamier-hackermann's area.
context_section_description: Killian's dehiscence (also known as Killian's triangle) is a triangular area in the wall of the pharynx between the cricopharyngeus and thyropharyngeus which are the two parts of the inferior constrictors(also see Pharyngeal pouch). It can be seen as a locus minoris resistentiae.
  Similar triangular area between circular fibres of cricopharyngeus and longitudinal fibres of esophagus is Lamier's triangle or Lamier-hackermann's area.
caption: Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Constrictor pharyngis inferior visible at bottom left.)
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