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CERVICAL FASCIAE
• SUPERFICIAL LAYER
• DEEP LAYER :
• Components:
• Blood vessels.
• Cutaneous nerves.
DEEP LAYER OF CERVICAL FASCIA
ENCLOSES:
• Suprahyoid Spaces.
• Infrahyoid Spaces.
• Retropharyngeal Space.
• Prevertebral Space.
• Danger Space.
SUBMANDIBULAR SPACE
Extends from the Mylohoid muscle superiorly up to
the hyoid bone inferiorly.
Lacks limiting fascial boundaries and
communicates freely with sublingual space.
Contents : superficial portions of the
Submandibular gland, lymph nodes, facial artery
and vein, fat and muscles.
SUBMANDIBULAR SPACE
MASTICATOR SPACE
Formed by splitting of the SLDCF.
Extends on the either side of neck from the skull base to the level of
hyoid bone.
• Contents:
Pharynx
• The posterior cervical space contains fat, spinal accessory nerves and
spinal accessory chain of deep cervical lymph nodes.
SPACES COMMON TO BOTH SUPRAHYOID AND
INFRAHYOID REGIONS
• Carotid Space
• Retropharyngeal Space
• Perivertebral Space
• Danger Space
Carotid Space
Extends from the skull base to the aortic arch.
Posterior Paraspinal
portion :
Paraspinal muscles
and posterior elements
of the vertebra.