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Fasciae of the Thorax

StructureLocation/DescriptionNotes
fascia, endothoracic connective tissue lining the inner aspect of the chest wall

endothoracic fascia is located between the parietal pleura and the muscles
and bones of the thoracic wall; it is equivalent to the transversalis fascia
layer of the abdomen


fascia, Sibson'spart of the scalene fascia that lines the cervical parietal pleuraSibson's fascia anchors the dome of cervical pleura; it is continuous with
the endothoracic fascia at the level of the first rib
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