2007-01-18 07:32:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Sibson's aponeurosis, or the vertebro-pleural ligament. An aponeurosis is a flattened band of the fascia which surrounds a muscle bundle that connects the muscle with the part it moves. Sibson's fascia connects the seventh cervical vertebra with the dome of the pleura. (The pleura lines the lung.) Francis Sibson (1814-76) was an English physician.
2007-01-18 07:49:55 · answer #1 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suprapleural membrane
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The suprapleural membrane, eponymously known as Sibson's fascia, is a structure described in human anatomy. It refers to a thickening of connective tissue that covers the apex of each human lung. It is an extension of the endothoracic fascia that exists between the parietal pleura and the thoracic cage.
It attaches to the internal border of the first rib and the transverse processes of vertebra C7. It extends approximately an inch more superiorly than the superior thoracic aperture, because the lungs themselves extend higher than the top of the ribcage.
2007-01-18 07:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Structure/Space, Boundaries/Description, Significance ... reinforces cervical pleura (known there as Sibson's fascia)
2007-01-18 08:15:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sibson Fascia
2017-02-20 15:51:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋