Cervical fascia

Cervical fascia
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Identifiers
Latin	fascia cervicalis; fascia colli
TA	A04.2.05.001
FMA	76866
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

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:

Muscles of the neck

Cervical	Platysma Sternocleidomastoid Longus capitis Longus colli Scalene anterior middle posterior Rectus capitis anterior muscle Rectus capitis lateralis muscle

Suboccipital	Rectus capitis posterior major minor Obliquus capitis inferior superior

Suprahyoid	Mylohyoid Stylohyoid Digastric Geniohyoid

Infrahyoid	Thyrohyoid Sternohyoid Sternothyroid Omohyoid

Pharynx	Pharyngeal constrictor superior middle inferior Stylopharyngeus Salpingopharyngeus

Larynx	Cricothyroid Cricoarytenoid posterior lateral Arytenoid oblique arytenoid aryepiglottic transverse arytenoid Thyroarytenoid vocal thyroepiglottic

Trachea	Trachealis

Fasciae	Deep cervical fascia Pretracheal fascia Prevertebral fascia Investing layer Carotid sheath Alar fascia Palatine aponeurosis Buccopharyngeal fascia Pharyngobasilar fascia Pharyngeal raphe

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