Cervical fascia ↔ Thorax ↔ Diaphragm ↔ Pelvic floor

Respiratory Continuum

Moderate evidence — functional respiratory chain

Pretracheal fascia → endothoracic fascia → diaphragm → transversalis fascia → endopelvic fascia → pelvic floor

Structures

  1. 1
    Pretracheal fasciacervical
    →
  2. 2
    Endothoracic fasciathorax
    →
  3. 3
    Transversalis fasciaabdomen
    →
  4. 4
    Endopelvic fasciapelvis
    →

Muscle references

DiaphragmTransversus abdominisPelvic floor muscles
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Functional respiratory-postural chain linked via intra-abdominal pressure regulation, not a single anatomically continuous fascial sheet end-to-end.

Sources

Postural and Respiratory Functions of the Pelvic Floor Muscles

Hodges PW, Sapsford R, Pengel LH · Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2007