Retropharyngeal space

Retropharyngeal space

Infobox Anatomy
Name = Retropharyngeal space
Latin = spatium retropharyngeum
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Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli.


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The buccopharyngeal fascia is attached to the prevertebral layer by loose connective tissue only, and thus an easily distended space, the retropharyngeal space, is found between them.

Because serious infections of teeth can spread down this space into the thorax, it is also known as the "danger space".

This space is limited above by the base of the skull, while below it extends behind the esophagus into the posterior mediastinal cavity of the thorax.

Relations of the retropharyngeal space:

* Superior: Base of the skull
* Inferior: Superior mediastinum
* Lateral: Carotid sheath
* Anterior: Anterior Pharynx
* Posterior: Prevertebral fascia

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