A NEW ANATOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES OF THE NECK<subtitle>THE PERIPHARYNGEAL AND POSTVISCERAL SPACES</subtitle>

Abstract

CONTENTS Introduction Previous descriptions of gross connective tissues of the neck Cervical fascia Carotid sheath Personal methods of observation New general description of the gross connective tissues of the neck Nerve-vessel connective tissue Nerve-vessel bundle Nerve-vessel sheets Periorgan connective tissue Areolar tissue spaces—shearing tissues New specific descriptions of the connective tissues of the neck Nerve-vessel connective tissue of the neck Nerve-vessel bundle of the neck Nerve-vessel sheets of the neck Periorgan connective tissues of the anterior part of the neck and associated periorgan spaces Prevertebral perimyial spaces Peripharyngeal spaces, right and left Interorgan and intergroup spaces of the anterior part of the neck Interorgan spaces Anterior subintegumental Trapezius submuscular space Infrahyoid premuscular spaces Infrahyoid intermuscular spaces Thyromuscular space Laryngomuscular spaces Thyrotracheal space Esophagotracheal space Esophagocricoid space Intergroup space Postvisceral space Lateral retropharyngeal lymph nodes Discussion of the group of spaces behind the pharyngeal musculature Summary INTRODUCTION Three grossly significant and surgically important kinds of connective tissue exist in the deeper parts of the neck.