The buccopharyngeal fascia is a fascia of the pharynx.[1] It represents the posterior portion of the pretracheal fascia[2] (visceral fascia).[3] It covers the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscles, and buccinator muscle.[4]
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fold or pterygomandibular ligament) is a thin tendinous band of buccopharyngealfascia. It is attached superiorly to the pterygoid hamulus of the medial...
sheath. The back portion of the pretracheal fascia is known as the buccopharyngealfascia. The pretracheal fascia is continued behind the depressor muscles...
the pharynx. The RPS is bounded anteriorly by the buccopharyngealfascia, posteriorly by the alar fascia, and laterally by the carotid sheath. It extends...
are: the mylohyoid muscle superiorly the investing layer of deep cervical fascia (and this in turn is covered by the platysma muscle) inferiorly the inferior...
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retropharyngeal lymph nodes, from one to three in number, lie in the buccopharyngealfascia, behind the upper part of the pharynx and in front of the arch of...
space is found anterior to the danger space, between the alar fascia and buccopharyngealfascia. There exists a midline raphe in this space so some infections...
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