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Bounding Fasicas:-buccopharyngeal
-alar
-carotid sheath
-Extends from skull into mediastinum
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| Lies posterior to retropharyngeal space between alar and prevertebral fascia and extends to diaphragm |
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-Longus colli
-longus capitis
-small capitis mm. attaching around cranio-vertebral joint
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Prevertebral region
joints |
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atlanto-occipital joint(flexion and extension of the head)
-atlantoaxial joint(turning head side-to-side
Bothe are strengthened by ligaments |
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Cervical Sympathetic Trunk
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-Preganglionic (from T1 and L2)
-Pregang. ascend the cervical part of symp. trunk
-Synapse in cervical gang.
-Postgang. distribute to blood vessels, smooth m and glands of head and neck |
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