Investing portion of the fascia
| 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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| Latin | Lamina superficialis fasciae cervicalis |
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l_02/12476755 |
| TA | A04.2.05.002 |
| FMA | 57805 |
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Anatomical terminology
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The Investing layer of deep cervical fascia is the most superficial part of the deep cervical fascia, and it encloses the whole neck.
It surrounds the neck like a collar, it splits around the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the trapezius muscle. It is attached as;
It is considered by some sources to be incomplete or nonexistent.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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