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Prevertebral space — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve =… … Wikipedia
Prevertebral fascia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = lamina prevertebralis fasciae cervicalis GraySubject = 111 GrayPage = 389 Caption = Prevertebral fascia labeled in red, both according to older litterature (e.g. Gray s) and newer litteratureEssential… … Wikipedia
Danger space — Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. The danger space is a region of the neck.[1] … Wikipedia
paravertebral space — prevertebral s. (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
Retropharyngeal space — Infobox Anatomy Name = Retropharyngeal space Latin = spatium retropharyngeum 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
danger space — a subdivision of the spatium retropharyngeum, lying in the midline between the alar fascia and the prevertebral fascia and extending from the base of the skull to the level of the diaphragm; so called because it provides a route by which… … Medical dictionary
pharyngomaxillary space — a potential space of the neck bounded by the buccopharyngeal fascia, the internal pterygoid muscle, and the prevertebral fascia, forming a cone with its base at the sphenoid bone and its apex at the hyoid bone; it is divided by the styloid… … Medical dictionary
visceral space — a potential space between the pretracheal fascia and the prevertebral fascia, extending from the hyoid bone to the mediastinum and containing the lower pharynx, larynx, trachea, esophagus, thyroid, great vessels, and areolar tissue. It is… … Medical dictionary
Holzknecht space — the middle one of the three clear lung fields in the radiograph of the chest in oblique projection when the rays pass from the left posteriorly to the right anteriorly; called also H. s., prevertebral s., and retrocardiac s … Medical dictionary
retrovisceral space — a subdivision of the spatium retropharyngeum lying between the pretracheal and prevertebral layers of the deep cervical fascia. Called also retropharyngeal s … Medical dictionary
