KROK 1 2014 – Question 185 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A 19-year-old victim has been delivered to the casualty department with a cut wound of the trapezius muscle. Which of the cervical fasciae forms a sheath for this muscle?
- A. Prevertebral layer of cervical fascia
- B. Investing layer of cervical fascia
- C. Carotid sheath of cervical fascia
- D. Visceral part of the pretracheal layer of cervical fascia
- E. Muscular part of the pretracheal layer of cervical fascia
Hint
Remember that each fascia of the neck wraps a particular set of structures, and ask which one encloses the large superficial muscles of the neck.
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