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prevertebral fascia

Applied to the fascia that covers the cervical vertebrae & the muscles attaching to them & to the anterior parts of their transverse processes. -> extends laterally as the axillary sheath -> sympathetic trunks are embedded in this facial layer

Related

deep cervical fascia (fascia of the neck) pretracheal fscia, (middle cervical/Porter fascia) superficial cervical fascia; superficial fascia of the neck

General

fascia (superficial/deep)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.

Component-of

neck