The parotid fascia
Levet, Y.; Menard, P.; Jost, G.; Wassef, M.
Bulletin de l'Association des Anatomistes 67(199): 475-484
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0376-6160 PMID: 6679455 Document Number: 214362
The parotid fascia is not the superficial layer of the investing layer of the cervical fascia. The dissection of 21 human cadavers, the histological studies and the compared anatomy of 3 apes show that the parotid gland lies between the platysma muscle on the lateral side and the supperficial layer of the cervical fascia on the medial side. The upper part of the platysma, large muscle in apes, has regressed as a fibrosis layer in man.