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pretracheal fscia, (middle cervical/Porter fascia)
2 layers:
1) Thin muscular layer: encloses the infrahyoid muscles
2) Visceral layer: encloses the thyroid, trachea & esophagus.
-> Contribute to the formation of the carotid sheath
Related
buccopharyngeal fascia
deep cervical fascia (fascia of the neck)
prevertebral fascia
superficial cervical fascia; superficial fascia of the neck
General
fascia (superficial/deep)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore &
AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA 1999.
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neck
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