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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
[[Image:Fascia.png|thumb|right|200px|The rectus sheath is an example of connective fascia]] A fascia is a layer of fibrous tissue. A fascia is a structure of connective tissue that surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves, binding some structures together, while permitting others to slide smoothly over each other. Various kinds of fascia may be distinguished. | [[Image:Fascia.png|thumb|right|200px|The rectus sheath is an example of connective fascia]] A fascia is a layer of fibrous tissue. A fascia is a structure of connective tissue that surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves, binding some structures together, while permitting others to slide smoothly over each other. Various kinds of fascia may be distinguished. <ref name="Wiki article">Fascia. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia (last accessed 13 Oct 2013).</ref> <br> | ||
Like ligaments, aponeuroses, and tendons, fasciae are dense regular connective tissues, containing closely packed bundles of collagen fibers oriented in a wavy pattern parallel to the direction of pull. Fasciae are consequently flexible structures able to resist great unidirectional tension forces until the wavy pattern of fibers has been straightened out by the pulling force. These collagen fibers are produced by the fibroblasts located within the fascia. <ref name="Wiki article" /><br> | Like ligaments, aponeuroses, and tendons, fasciae are dense regular connective tissues, containing closely packed bundles of collagen fibers oriented in a wavy pattern parallel to the direction of pull. Fasciae are consequently flexible structures able to resist great unidirectional tension forces until the wavy pattern of fibers has been straightened out by the pulling force. These collagen fibers are produced by the fibroblasts located within the fascia. <ref name="Wiki article" /><br> | ||
Fasciae are similar to ligaments and tendons as they are all made of collagen except that ligaments join one bone to another bone, tendons join muscle to bone and fasciae surround muscles or other structures. <ref name="Wiki article" /><br> | Fasciae are similar to ligaments and tendons as they are all made of collagen except that ligaments join one bone to another bone, tendons join muscle to bone and fasciae surround muscles or other structures. <ref name="Wiki article" /><br> | ||
== Structure: == | |||
There exists some controversy about what structures are considered "fascia", and how fascia should be classified.[2] The two most common systems are:<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia</ref> | |||
The one specified in the 1983 edition of Nomina Anatomica (NA 1983)<br>The one specified in the 1997 edition of Terminologia Anatomica (TA 1997) | |||
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| Description | |||
| Example | |||
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| Superficial fascia | |||
| (not considered fascia in this system)<br> | |||
| This is found in the subcutis in most regions of the body, blending with the reticular layer of the dermis. | |||
| Fascia of Scarpa | |||
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| Deep fascia | |||
| Fascia of muscles | |||
| This is the dense fibrous connective tissue that interpenetrates and surrounds the muscles, bones, nerves and blood vessels of the body. | |||
| Transversalis fascia | |||
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| Visceral fascia | |||
| Visceral fascia, parietal fascia | |||
| This suspends the organs within their cavities and wraps them in layers of connective tissue membranes. | |||
| Pericardium | |||
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== Management / Interventions == | == Management / Interventions == |
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
A fascia is a layer of fibrous tissue. A fascia is a structure of connective tissue that surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves, binding some structures together, while permitting others to slide smoothly over each other. Various kinds of fascia may be distinguished. [1]
Like ligaments, aponeuroses, and tendons, fasciae are dense regular connective tissues, containing closely packed bundles of collagen fibers oriented in a wavy pattern parallel to the direction of pull. Fasciae are consequently flexible structures able to resist great unidirectional tension forces until the wavy pattern of fibers has been straightened out by the pulling force. These collagen fibers are produced by the fibroblasts located within the fascia. [1]
Fasciae are similar to ligaments and tendons as they are all made of collagen except that ligaments join one bone to another bone, tendons join muscle to bone and fasciae surround muscles or other structures. [1]
Structure:[edit | edit source]
There exists some controversy about what structures are considered "fascia", and how fascia should be classified.[2] The two most common systems are:[2]
The one specified in the 1983 edition of Nomina Anatomica (NA 1983)
The one specified in the 1997 edition of Terminologia Anatomica (TA 1997)
NA 1983 | TA 1997 | Description | Example |
Superficial fascia | (not considered fascia in this system) |
This is found in the subcutis in most regions of the body, blending with the reticular layer of the dermis. | Fascia of Scarpa |
Deep fascia | Fascia of muscles | This is the dense fibrous connective tissue that interpenetrates and surrounds the muscles, bones, nerves and blood vessels of the body. | Transversalis fascia |
Visceral fascia | Visceral fascia, parietal fascia | This suspends the organs within their cavities and wraps them in layers of connective tissue membranes. | Pericardium |
Management / Interventions[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
The following videos provide additional information regarding fascia and can be viewed on the YouTube channel "Integral Anatomy."
- Integral Anatomy, V1 pt1: Skin & Superficial Fascia
- Integral Anatomy V1 pt2: Skin and Superficial Fascia
- Integral Anatomy V2 pt1: Deep Fascia and Muscle
- Integral Anatomy, V2 pt2: Deep Fascia and Muscle
- Integral Anatomy V3 pt1: Cranial and Visceral Fasciae
- Integral Anatomy V3 pt2: Cranial and Visceral Fasciae
- Integral Anatomy V4 pt1: Viscera and their Fasciae
- Integral Anatomy V4 pt 2: Viscera and their Fasciae
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fascia. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia (last accessed 13 Oct 2013).
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia