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The arrangement and structure of the fascial layers of the scalp were studied in 48 red neoprene latex-injected cadavers with the aid of an operating microscope. The galea aponeurotica was continuous with a superficia temporal fascia. Deep to the galea, the subaponeurotic connective tissue was bilaminar. There was an outer, vascular, areolar layer, and an inner, avascular, membranous layer. Underlying the temporalis muscle, the pericranium was thinner and more adherent than elsewhere with no subpericranial tissue.
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La disposition et la structure des couches aponévrotiques du scalp ont été étudiées sur 48 cadavres injectés au latex néoprène rouge à l'aide d'un microscope opératoire. La galéa aponévrotique était en continuité avec un fascia temporal superficiel. Profondément à la galéa, le tissu conjonctif sous-aponévrotique était bilaminaire. Il y avait une couche externe aréolaire, vasculaire et une couche interne, avasculaire, membraneuse. Au dessous du muscle temporal, le périoste était plus fin et plus adhérent qu'ailleurs, sans tissu sous-périosté.
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Kirolles, S., Haikal, F.A., Saadeh, F.A. et al. Facial layers of the scalp. A study of 48 cadaveric dissections. Surg Radiol Anat 14, 331–333 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01794760
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