Buccopharyngeal fascia
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| Buccopharyngeal fascia | |
|---|---|
| Latin | fascia buccopharyngea |
| Gray's | subject #111 390 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_03/12354839 |
Parallel to the carotid sheath and along its medial aspect the prevertebral fascia gives off a thin lamina, the buccopharyngeal fascia, which closely invests the Constrictor muscles of the pharynx, and is continued forward from the Constrictor pharyngis superior on to the Buccinator.
It is attached to the prevertebral layer by loose connective tissue only, and thus an easily distended space, the retropharyngeal space, is found between them.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 31:10-0102 - "Pharynx: The Pharyngeal Constrictor Muscles"
- vi_2/b/buccopharyngeal_fascia article at GE's Medcyclopaedia
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