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Fascia & Spaces

Fasciae, compartments, canals, tunnels and spaces, boundaries, contents, and where things get trapped.

298 fascia & spaces
18 fascia & spaces in Head & Skull  Clear ×
Fascia or Space Buccal Space spatium buccale Head & Skull The buccal space is the bilateral fat-filled space between the buccinator muscle medially and the skin…
Fascia or Space Epicranial Aponeurosis galea aponeurotica Head & Skull The epicranial aponeurosis, or galea aponeurotica, is a broad sheet of tough fibrous tissue that covers…
Fascia or Space Infratemporal Fossa fossa infratemporalis Head & Skull The infratemporal fossa is the irregular space deep to the zygomatic arch and posterior to the…
Fascia or Space Masticator Space spatium massetericum Head & Skull The masticator space is the bilateral deep facial space bounded by the masseter laterally, the medial…
Fascia or Space Orbital Periosteum (Periorbita) periorbita Head & Skull The periorbita is the periosteal lining of the bony orbit, continuous with the dura mater at…
Fascia or Space Orbital Preseptal Space spatium praeseptale orbitae Head & Skull The orbital septum is a fibrous membrane running from the orbital rim periosteum to the tarsal…
Fascia or Space Parotid Fascia fascia parotidea Head & Skull The parotid fascia is the tough capsule that encloses the parotid gland. It is formed by…
Fascia or Space Parotid Space spatium parotideum Head & Skull The parotid space is the compartment within the parotid fascia containing the parotid gland, the extratemporal…
Fascia or Space Peritonsillar Space spatium periamygdalinum Head & Skull The peritonsillar space is the potential space between the tonsillar capsule and the superior pharyngeal constrictor…
Fascia or Space Pterygomandibular Space spatium pterygomandibulare Head & Skull The pterygomandibular space is a potential space bounded medially by the medial pterygoid muscle, laterally by…
Fascia or Space Scalp Galea Bursa bursa subgalealis Head & Skull The subgaleal space is the layer of loose connective tissue between the galea aponeurotica and the…
Fascia or Space Sub-Tenon’s Space spatium sub-tenonis Head & Skull The sub-Tenon's space is the potential space between Tenon's capsule (the fibrous fascia enclosing the globe)…
Fascia or Space Subgaleal Space spatium subgaleale Head & Skull The subgaleal space is the layer of loose connective tissue beneath the epicranial aponeurosis, the fourth…
Fascia or Space Sublingual Space spatium sublinguale Head & Skull The sublingual space lies in the floor of the mouth, above the mylohyoid muscle and below…
Fascia or Space Submandibular Space spatium submandibulare Head & Skull The submandibular space is the paired space below the mylohyoid muscle, containing the submandibular gland, lymph…
Fascia or Space Submental Space spatium submentale Head & Skull The submental space is a midline fascial space under the chin, below the mylohyoid and between…
Fascia or Space Temporal Fascia fascia temporalis Head & Skull The temporal fascia is a strong sheet covering the temporalis muscle on the side of the…
Fascia or Space Temporal Fossa fossa temporalis Head & Skull The temporal fossa is the shallow concavity on the lateral skull above the zygomatic arch, bounded…

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