[1] Current scientific knowledge regards the superficial layer to be continuous with the fascia of the platysma, and the deep layer to be derived from the deep cervical fascia.
[1] The fascia issues many septae that passes among the lobules of glandular tissue.
[4][better source needed] The parotid fascia is histologically atypical in that it contains muscles fibres parallel to those of the platysma, particularly in its inferior portion.
[1] The great auricular nerve provides sensory innervation to the parotid fascia.
[5]: 334–335 The external carotid artery pierces the deep lamina of the parotid fascia to enter the parotid gland and divide into its terminal branches within its substance of the gland.