Buccopharyngeal fascia

Buccopharyngeal fascia

Carotid sheath outlined in red

Muscles of the pharynx and cheek
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Latin Fascia buccopharyngea
TA A04.1.04.010
A05.3.01.116
FMA 55078

Anatomical terminology

The buccopharyngeal fascia is a fascia in the head.

Parallel to the carotid sheath and along its medial aspect the pretracheal fascia gives off a thin lamina, the buccopharyngeal fascia, which closely invests the constrictor muscles of the pharynx and is continued forward from the constrictor pharyngis superior onto the buccinator.

It is attached to the prevertebral layer by loose connective tissue only, and thus an easily distended space, the retropharyngeal space, is found between them.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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