| pretracheal fascia | The layer of fascia investing the infrahyoid muscles and contributing to the formation of the carotid sheath. Synonym: lamina pretrachealis, middle cervical fascia, Porter's fascia, pretracheal layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| prevertebral fascia | The part of the cervical fascia which covers the bodies of the cervical vertebrae and the muscles attaching to them and to the anterior parts of their transverse processes. Synonym: lamina prevertebralis, prevertebral layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Scarpa's fascia | The deeper, membranous or lamellar part of the subcutaneous tissue of the lower abdominal wall; it is continuous with the superficial perineal (Colles') fascia. Synonym: membranous layer of superficial fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hesselbach's fascia | The part of the superficial fascia of the thigh that covers the saphenous opening. Synonym: fascia cribrosa, Hesselbach's fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semilunar fascia | Aponeurosis bicipitalis, radiating fibres from the tendon of insertion of the biceps which form a triangular band passing obliquely across the hollow of the elbow to the ulnar side and becoming merged into the deep fascia of the forearm. Formerly called "grace Dieu" fascia, it serves to protect the brachial artery and median nerve during phlebotomy of median cubital vein. Synonym: aponeurosis musculi bicipitis brachii, bicipital fascia, lacertus fibrosus, semilunar fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sibson's fascia | The thickened portion of endothoracic fascia extending over the cupola of the pleura and reinforcing it; it attaches to the inner border of the first rib and to the transverse process of the seventh cervical vertebra. Synonym: membrana suprapleuralis, Sibson's aponeurosis, Sibson's fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subperitoneal fascia | The thin layer of fascia and adipose tissue between the peritoneum and fascia transversalis. Synonym: fascia subperitonealis, subperitoneal fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subsartorial fascia | Dense fascial triangle extending from the inferior medial border of the adductor magnus muscle to the vastus medialis muscle. Along with the sartorius muscle, this dense fascia forms the roof of the lower 1/2 of the adductor canal and, as the femoral vessels pass deep to it, is often mistaken for the adductor hiatus. Synonym: vastoadductor fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuchal fascia | <anatomy> The fascia that encloses the posterior muscles of the neck. Synonym: fascia nuchae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dartos fascia | A layer of smooth muscular tissue in the integument of the scrotum. See: dartos muliebris. Synonym: tunica dartos, dartos muscle, membrana carnosa, tunica carnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior fascia of pelvic diaphragm | The fascia on the superior aspect of the levator ani and coccygeus muscles. Synonym: fascia diaphragmatis pelvis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superior fascia of urogenital diaphragm | A layer of fascia that has been described on the superior surface of the sphincter urethrae and the deep transverse perineal muscles. Its presence is doubted by some anatomists. Synonym: fascia diaphragmatis urogenitalis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep cervical fascia | Fascia of the neck; it is divided into an external or investing layer (superficial lamina) that surrounds the neck and encloses the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles, a middle or pretracheal layer in relation to the infrahyoid muscles, and a deep or prevertebral layer applied to the vertebrae and axial muscles. Synonym: fascia cervicalis, deep fascia of neck, fascia cervicalis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep fascia | A thin fibrous membrane, devoid of fat, that invests the muscles, separating the several groups and the individual muscles, forms sheaths for the nerves and vessels, becomes specialised around the joints to form or strengthen ligaments, envelops various organs and glands, and binds all the structures together into a firm compact mass. Synonym: fascia profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep fascia of arm | The deep fascia of the arm; it is continuous proximally with the pectoral fascia and the fascia covering the deltoid; distally it is continuous with the antebrachial fascia. Synonym: fascia brachii, deep fascia of arm. (05 Mar 2000) |