Neck Fascia Flashcards
Thin and flexible portion of neck fascia
Superficial
Superficial fascia contents
- Cutaneus nerves
- Superficial veins
- Platysma m.
Sheets of CT arranged in 3 basic layers
Deep cervical fascia
Deep cervical fascia functions
- Allows structures to move past each other
- Support for glands, lymphs, and deep BVs
Deep cervical fascia layers
- Investing fascia
- Pretracheal fascia
- Prevertebral fascia
Muscles surrounded by investing fascia
- Trapezius
- SCM
- Suprahyoid
- Infrahyoid
Investing fascia attachment points
Cervical SPs —> nuchal lig.
What does investing fascia form?
Roof of anterior and posterior triangles
Structures attached by deep cervical fascia
- Hyoid
- Mandible
- Clavicle
- Sternum
What does deep cervical fascia bind?
Omohyoid —> clavicle
What muscles are surrounded by investing fascia?
- Trapezius
- SCM
- Suprahyoid
- Infrahyoid
Investing fascia attachments
Cervical vertebrae SPs —> nuchal ligament
What does investing fascia form?
- Roof of anterior triangle
- Roof of posterior triangle
What does investing fascia attach to?
- Hyoid
- Mandible
- Clavicle
- Sternum
What does investing fascia bind?
Omohyoid —> clavicle
Pretracheal fascia attachments
Thyroid cartilage —> thorax
Blends with pericardium
Pretracheal fascia surrounds the thyroid, attaching the thyroid to what?
Cricoid cartilage
What does pretracheal fascia attach to laterally?
- Investing fascia
- Cartoid sheath
What is pretracheal fascia referred to posteriorly?
Buccopharyngeal fascia
Buccopharyngeal fascia attachments
Thorax —> base of skull
