pretracheal fascia

pretracheal fascia
lamina pretrachealis fasciae cervicalis.

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  • Pretracheal fascia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = lamina pretrachealis fasciae cervicalis GraySubject = 111 GrayPage = 390 Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Caption2 …   Wikipedia

  • Fascia — A flat band of tissue below the skin that covers underlying tissues and separates different layers of tissue. Fascia encloses muscles. Inflammation of the fascia is referred to as fasciitis. Fascia is the Latin word for band or bandage. * * * A… …   Medical dictionary

  • pretracheal — Anterior to the trachea; denoting especially the middle layer of deep cervical fascia …   Medical dictionary

  • Deep cervical fascia — Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Gray s subject #111 388 …   Wikipedia

  • Cervical fascia — Latin fascia cervicalis; fascia colli The cervical fascia is fascia found in the region of the neck. It mainly refers to the deep cervical fascia. However, there are other cervical fascia: superficial cervical fascia prevertebral fascia …   Wikipedia

  • alar fascia — an ancillary layer of the deep cervical fascia, anterior to the prevertebral fascia and extending from the base of the skull to the level of the second thoracic vertebra, where it merges with the pretracheal fascia …   Medical dictionary

  • pretracheal layer of cervical fascia — lamina pretrachealis fasciae cervicalis …   Medical dictionary

  • deep layers of cervical fascia — layers of deep cervical fascia the three internal layers of cervical fascia (investing, pretracheal, and prevertebral) and the carotid sheath, considered as one unit …   Medical dictionary

  • layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam …   Medical dictionary

  • lamina pretrachealis fasciae cervicalis — [TA] pretracheal layer of cervical fascia: the layer of deep cervical fascia that is anterior to the trachea and surrounds the thyroid gland; see also anterior visceral space. Called also pretracheal fascia and middle layer of deep cervical… …   Medical dictionary

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