Alar fascia

The alar fascia a portion or prevertebral

fascia that may or may not be considered
a distinct anatomical structure.[1] When
acknowledged, it is described as anterior
to the prevertebral fascia.

Anatomy
Superiorly, it extends to the base of the
skull; inferiorly, it extends to the second
thoracic vertebra.[2] Inferiorly, it unites
with the visceral fascia of the neck.[1]
Anatomical Alar fascia
relations

The alar fascia

represents the
posterior boundary
of the
Section of the neck
retropharyngeal
at about the level of
space.[3]
the sixth cervical
vertebra. Showing
Research the arrangement of
the fascia coli.
In 2015, the
Details
anatomy of the
Identifiers
alar fascia was
revisited using Latin lamina
alaris
dissection in
conjunction with fasciae
E12 plastination. cervicalis

The authors Anatomical

revealed that the terminology

alar fascia
originated as a well defined midline
structure at the level of C1 and does not
reach the base of the skull. It is
suggested that the area between C1 and
the base of the skull is a potential entry
into the danger space.[4]

See also
Retrovisceral space
References
1. Fehrenbach, Margaret J.; Herring, Susan
W. (2017). Illustrated Anatomy of the
Head and Neck (5th ed.). St. Louis:
Elsevier. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-323-39634-9.
2. Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross
Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstown,
MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 362.
ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
3. Mnatsakanian, Ani; Minutello, Katrina;
Bordoni, Bruno (2022), "Anatomy, Head
and Neck, Retropharyngeal Space" (http://
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53704
4/) , StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL):
StatPearls Publishing, PMID 30725729 (ht
tps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3072572
9) , retrieved 2022-07-24
 4. Frank Scali; Lance G Nash; Matthew E
Pontell (2015). "Defining the Morphology
and Distribution of the Alar Fascia: A
Sheet Plastination Investigation". Annals
of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology.
124: 814–9.
doi:10.1177/0003489415588129 (https://
doi.org/10.1177%2F000348941558812
9) . PMID 25991834 (https://pubmed.ncb
i.nlm.nih.gov/25991834) .

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