Investing layer of deep cervical fascia

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Investing layer of deep cervical 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.
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Identifiers
Latin lamina superficialis fasciae cervicalis
TA98 A04.2.05.002
TA2 2207
FMA 57805
Anatomical terminology

The investing layer of deep cervical fascia is the most superficial part of the deep cervical fascia, and encloses the whole neck.

Contents

It is considered by some sources to be incomplete [1] or nonexistent. [2]

Attachments

It surrounds the neck like a collar, it splits around the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the trapezius muscle. It is attached as;

Tracings

 - It splits at lower border of submandibular gland into superficial and deep layers;which attach to lower body of body of mandible and mylohyoid line of mandible  - It splits at lower pole of parotid gland into superficial and deep layers; superficial layer attaches to zygomatic arch and forms parotido-masseteric fascia after blending with masseter, deep layer attaches to tympanic plate and styloid process forming the stylomandibular ligament 

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References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 388 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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