fascia cervicalis

fascia cervicalis
[TA] cervical fascia: the fascia of the neck, consisting of a thin superficial layer (superficial cervical fascia), three deep layers (lamina superficialis, lamina pretrachealis, and lamina prevertebralis fasciae cervicalis), and the carotid sheath (vagina carotica fasciae cervicalis).

Fascia cervicalis (cervical fascia), showing both deep and superficial layers.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Investing layer of deep cervical fascia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = lamina superficialis fasciae cervicalis GraySubject = 111 GrayPage = 388 Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Caption2 …   Wikipedia

  • Pretracheal fascia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = lamina pretrachealis fasciae cervicalis GraySubject = 111 GrayPage = 390 Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Caption2 …   Wikipedia

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  • lamina pretrachealis fasciae cervicalis — [TA] pretracheal layer of cervical fascia: the layer of deep cervical fascia that is anterior to the trachea and surrounds the thyroid gland; see also anterior visceral space. Called also pretracheal fascia and middle layer of deep cervical… …   Medical dictionary

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