Cervical Fascia & Compartments Flashcards
1
Q
Superficial Cervical Fascia
A
thin layer ct
contains platysma
2
Q
Investing Layer of deep cervical fascia
A
Most superficial, invests SCM and traps
3
Q
Prevertebral compartment
A
enclosed by prevertebral fascia contains: scalenes and preveertebral muscles posterior muscles of neck cervical vertebral column
4
Q
Visceral Compartment
A
enclosed by pretracheal fascia, two portions are muscular portion and visceral portion
5
Q
Muscular portion of pretrachial fascia
A
invests the suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles
6
Q
Visceral portion of the pretrachial fascia
A
invests larynx, trachea, thyroid gland
7
Q
Carotid sheath
A
CCA
ICA
IJV
CN 10
8
Q
Retropharyngeal Sheath
A
between buccopharyngeal fossa and pre-vertebral fascia
