Fascia of the Head and Neck (Groups, Attachment Points, Arrangement)

Content
0:00 Introduction
0:10 What is a Fascia?
2:22 Content
3:04 Temporal Fascia
4:06 Masseter Fascia and Parotid Fascia
4:51 Buccopharyngeal Fascia
5:59 Cervical Fascia

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Fascia Functions:
- Stabilizes and separates muscles from other internal organs
- Form compartments
- Passage for Nerve, Blood vessels and lymph
- Storage medium for fat and water
- Three types of Fascia:
○ Superficial Fascia
○ Deep Fascia
○ Visceral Fascia

Fascia of the Head
- Temporal Fascia
○ Starts at the Superior Temporal Line
○ Splits into 2 Layers
- Deep Layer
Lamina Profunda
- Superficial Layer
Lamina superficialis
- Parotid Fascia
○ Covers the Parotid Gland
- Masseteric Fascia
○ Covers the Masseter Muscle
- Buccopharyngeal Fascia
○ Covers buccinator muscle
○ Goes behind the pharynx
○ Fuses with pterygomandibular raphe
Fascia of the Neck
- Cervical Fascia
○ Superficial Layer
- Covers the surface of the neck
- Envelops the Sternocleidomastoid and Trapezius
- Platysma is superficial to the fascia
○ Pretracheal Layer
- Envelops infrahyoid muscles
- It forms the Carotid Sheath
(surrounds neurovascular bundle)
○ Prevertebral Layer
- Covers the deep cervical muscles

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[TRguy]

Interesting, can you please tell me if the temporal fascia, the deep and superficial fascia and fat can all easily be seen and discerned upon a CT scan? Thanks !!

[einsamkeit]

Can you tell me the attachments of the Buccopharyngeal Fascia? Does Superiorly attach to the base of skull and inferiorly in pharyngs and esophagus?

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