Fascia nuchae

The fascia nuchae (from Latin nucha , 'the neck' ) covers the autochthonous neck muscles as part of the superficial neck fascia ( lamina superficialis ) . Caudally (rump) it merges into the superficial sheet of the thoracolumbar fascia . The fascia itself consists of two sheets: a superficial sheet ( Fascia nuchae superficialis ) and a deep sheet ( Fascia nuchae profunda ), which lies under the trapezius muscle and encloses the deep neck muscles from the back. In the middle of the deep leaf there is also a thickening, the ligamentum nuchae .

literature

• Angelika Strunk: Fascial Osteopathy: Basics and Techniques . 2nd Edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8304-7922-2 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
• Werner Langer and Eric Hebgen (eds.): Textbook osteopathy . Karl F. Haug Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8304-7530-9 , pp. 383 ( limited preview in Google Book search).