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The cervical spine is a deep anatomical structure centrally located in the axial view of the neck and surrounded by a thick and powerful muscular compartment. It is surrounded and contained by the deep layer of deep cervical fascia (Fig. 2.1).
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Girolami, M., Ghermandi, R., Ghirelli, M., Gasbarrini, A., Boriani, S. (2017). Anatomy of the Subaxial Cervical Spine. In: Boriani, S., Presutti, L., Gasbarrini, A., Mattioli, F. (eds) Atlas of Craniocervical Junction and Cervical Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42737-9_2
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