Nuchal fascia

Nuchal fascia
The bulge of the deeper layer of the nuchal fascia is also called the nuchal ligament.
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Latin	Fascia nuchae
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The nuchal fascia is a fascia covering the autochthonous musculature of the neck as a part of the cervical fascia. It proceeds the thoracolumbar fascia to the top (cranial). The fascia itself is made of two parts: A superficial layer (lat.: Fascia nuchae superficialis) and a deeper layer that is located among the Trapezius muscle and that sheaths the deeper cervical musculature from dorsal side. Expanding laterally, the fascia also covers the dorsal musculature.^[1] In the middle of the deeper layer a bulge is resided – the nuchal ligament.

Sources

References

1. Vishram, Singh (2014). Textbook of Anatomy Head Neck and Brain 3 (2 ed.). Elsevier. p. 97. ISBN 978-81-312-3627-7.

Literature

• Rickenbacher, J; Landolt, AM; Theiler, K (2013-06-29). Applied Anatomy of the Back. Springer. p. 88. ISBN 9783662057919.
• Strunk, Angelika (2013). Fasziale Osteopathie: Grundlagen und Techniken [Fascial osteopathy: foundations and technics] (in German) (2 ed.). Georg Thieme Verlag. ISBN 978-3-83-047922-2.