Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia colli.
Anatomical terminology
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The deep cervical fascia (or fascia colli in older texts) lies under cover of the platysma, and invests the muscles of the neck; it also forms sheaths for the carotid vessels, and for the structures situated in front of the vertebral column. Its attachment to the hyoid bone prevents the formation of a dewlap.[1]
The investing portion of the fascia is attached behind to the ligamentum nuchæ and to the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.
The alar fascia is a portion of the deep cervical fascia.
The deepcervicalfascia (or fascia colli in older texts) lies under cover of the platysma, and invests the muscles of the neck; it also forms sheaths...
prevertebral fascia (also known as prevertebral layer of cervicalfascia[citation needed] or vertebral fascia) is the layer of deepcervicalfascia that surrounds...
The cervicalfascia is fascia found in the region of the neck. It usually refers to the deepcervicalfascia. However, there is also a superficial cervical...
The pretracheal fascia is a layer of the deepcervicalfascia at the front of the neck. It attaches to the hyoid bone above, and - extending down into...
muscle; the deep layer fuses with the deepcervicalfascia and with the sheath of the axillary vessels. Medially, it blends with the fascia covering the...
The carotid sheath is a condensation of the deepcervicalfascia: 578 enveloping multiple vital neurovascular structures of the neck, including the common...
superficial cervicalfascia is a thin layer of subcutaneous connective tissue that lies between the dermis of the skin and the deepcervicalfascia. It contains...
carotid artery is very deeply seated, being covered by the integument, superficial fascia, the platysma muscle, deepcervicalfascia, the sternocleidomastoid...
relations: The gland is situated deep to the skin, superficial fascia, superficial lamina of investing layer of deepcervicalfascia, and great auricular nerve...
fascia of the platysma, and the deep layer to be derived from the deepcervicalfascia. Previously, both layers were thought to derive from the deep cervical...
deep to the serratus posterior superior muscle. Superiorly, it terminates by becoming continuous with the superficial layer of deepcervicalfascia of...
front, it is covered by the skin, the superficial fascia, the platysma muscle, the deepcervicalfascia, the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and the scalenus...
sternocleidomastoid. The cervical plexus is situated deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, internal jugular vein, and deepcervicalfascia. It is situated anterior...
the inferior portion of deepcervicalfascia to prevent soft tissues from collapsing inward into the upper airway during deep inspiration. The name "omohyoid"...
anterior border of the muscle,[citation needed] it perforates the deepcervicalfascia before dividing into an ascending branch and a descending branch...
lower half of the nuchal ligament, from the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, and from the spinous processes of the upper three or four thoracic...
can be defined deep to the SMAS (continuous with that formed between the platysma and underlying investing layer of deepcervicalfascia). Superiorly,...
Cervical lymph nodes are lymph nodes found in the neck. Of the 800 lymph nodes in the human body, 300 are in the neck. Cervical lymph nodes are subject...
the axillary fat. It is an extension of the prevertebral fascia of the deepcervicalfascia[citation needed] and is continuous with the carotid sheath...
layer of the deepcervicalfascia, and is covered by the platysma, the superficial fascia, and the integument; it crosses the cutaneous cervical nerve, and...
in the Baroque style Anatomy / medicine / biology Fascia coli a synonym for the deepcervicalfascia, muscles in the neck Coli can refer to the colon in...
space are: the mylohyoid muscle superiorly the investing layer of deepcervicalfascia (and this in turn is covered by the platysma muscle) inferiorly the...
Inferiorly: Middle one third of the clavicle Roof: Investing layer of the deepcervicalfascia Floor: (From superior to inferior) 1) M. semispinalis capitis 2)...
space and deep compartment of the head and neck situated posterior to the pharynx. The RPS is bounded anteriorly by the buccopharyngeal fascia, posteriorly...
anterior scalene, deep to the prevertebral layer of deep cervicalfascia and the transverse cervical and suprascapular arteries. On the left, the phrenic...
platysma muscle and the deepcervicalfascia.[citation needed] Near the clavicle, the supraclavicular nerves perforate the fascia and the platysma muscle...