Head and neck fascia and compartments: No space for spaces

Head and Neck

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1058-1068

  Guidera, Alice K ^a   Dawes, Patrick J D ^a   Fong, Amy ^b   Stringer, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Radiology Southern DHB ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anatomy; fascia; head; neck; terminology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPACE; BUCCAL SPACE; BUCCOPHARYNGEAL FASCIA.; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID SHEATH; CAROTID SPACE; CERVICAL FASCIAL SPACE; CONSENSUS; CRANIAL FASCIAL SPACE; DANGER SPACE; DEEP CERVICAL FASCIA; DEEP LAYER OF DEEP CERVICAL FASCIA; DEEP TEMPORAL SPACE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIA; FASCIAL SPACE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK COMPARTMENT; HEAD AND NECK FASCIA; HEAD AND NECK SPACE; HUMAN; INFRATEMPORAL SPACE; LYMPH NODE; MASTICATOR COMPARTMENT; MASTICATOR SPACE; MIDDLE LAYER OF DEEP CERVICAL FASCIA; MUSCLE; MUSCULAR LAYER; NECK; PARAPHARYNGEAL SPACE; PAROTID COMPARTMENT; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID SPACE; PERIVERTEBRAL COMPARTMENT; PERIVERTEBRAL SPACE; PHARYNGEAL MUCOSAL SPACE; POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPACE; PRETRACHEAL FASCIA.; PREVERTEBRAL COMPARTMENT; PREVERTEBRAL SPACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL COMPARTMENT; RETROPHARYNGEAL SPACE; REVIEW; SUBMANDIBULAR COMPARTMENT; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR SPACE; SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL FASCIA; SUPERFICIAL SPACE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISCERAL COMPARTMENT; VISCERAL LAYER; VISCERAL SPACE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; NECK MUSCLE; NOMENCLATURE;

FASCIA; HUMANS; NECK; NECK MUSCLES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84902547920     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23442     Document Type: Review

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