Alar fascia
| Alar fascia | |
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 Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. | |
| Details | |
| Latin | lamina alaris fasciae cervicalis |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | f_03/12354785 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The alar fascia is a layer of fascia, sometimes described as part of the prevertebral fascia,[1] and sometimes as in front of it.
Cranially, it reaches the skull, and caudally, it reaches the second thoracic vertebra.[2]
It is the posterior border of the retropharyngeal space.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Untitled Document
- ↑ Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 362. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
- ↑ Ozlugedik S, Ibrahim Acar H, Apaydin N et al. (October 2005). "Retropharyngeal space and lymph nodes: an anatomical guide for surgical dissection". Acta Otolaryngol. 125 (10): 1111–5. doi:10.1080/00016480510035421. PMID 16298795.
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