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  • Deep Fascial Lines

            The Deep Fascial Lines  (called the Deep Ventral Lines by Schultz & Elbrønd) connect the exterior and interior.
           The Deep Fascial Lines follow 3 different paths that begin at the Deep Flexor Tendon, run into the Gracilis and Sartorius mm. (inner thigh), then to the Pubis bone. (These structures are colored golden-brown in the illustrations below).

    **From the Pubis bone the Deep Lines separate into 3 distinct pathways:

    • The Ventral Path follows the inside of the abdominal wall (purple).
    • The Middle Path follows the inner structures of the abdominal and thoracic cavities (yellow).
    • The Dorsal Path runs along the ventral structure of the vertebrae (green).

      They all end at the Cranium.
  • Deep Fascial Line - Ventral Path

          From the Pubis bone, the Ventral Path follows the peritoneum along the abdominal wall to the ventral part of the Diaphragm.
          From there to the pleura of the Sternum and continues through the Sternohyoid m. to the Hyoid bones.     

    The Ventral Path ends on the Mandible.

  • Deep Fascial Line - Middle Path

          From the Pubis bone, the Middle path follows the fascia of the Sartorius m., meets the Iliopsoas m. (group), continues in the crus of the Diaphragm and the Diaphragm.
          From here it passes through the mediastinum & pericardium (heart), out the Thoracic inlet and POSSIBLY follows the Scalenes, along the Trachea and Esophagus to the Pharynx & Larynx (and thus the Hyoid apparatus?).

    The Middle path ends at the Base of the Occiput.

  • Deep Fascial Line - Dorsal Path

          From the Pubis bone the Dorsal path follows the Ventral Spinal Longitudinal ligament on the ventral surface of the vertebrae to the Longus colli m.

    The Dorsal path ends at the base of the occiput.