fascia
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- noun
- /ˈfæʃə/
- Specialized
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fascia
- The surgeon carefully repaired the torn fascia to restore function to the affected muscle.
- temporalis fascia
- fascia graft
- fascia lata
And what we saw is that fascia is, acts like a hydraulic pump.
- And what we saw is that fascia is, acts like a hydraulic pump.
- Your your hair, your nails, your gut, your organs, your fascia, a good majority of your body.
- It's not like it was like my first thing was the abductor, which I mean, guys, soft tissue fascia.
- That's going to be sending a signal to the cells that would be building connective tissue or bone tissue or muscle tissue or fascia.
- And it usually happens right where the plantar fascia connects or inserts into the calcaneal bone of the foot or the heel.
- So if you look at cartilage, tendon, fascia, bone, they're white and that means they don't have a great blood supply at the knee joint.
- Now that may just be the fascia blasting.
Examples
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Compartment syndrome occurs when an extremely high pressure builds up in a closed fascia space.
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Close up the fascia, and we'll loosely staple the skin so it doesn't get infected.
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But you have this fascia that holds you together.
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So now I want to fit my newly created fascia piece, and I want to fit it in right here, just like that.
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And then we take a tissue which is the lining of muscle fascia taken from above and behind the ear.
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Adaptation involves the entire body wall, including loose connective tissue, fat, fascia, and muscle in addition to skin.
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An incision is made through the skin and fascia area over the pressured compartment.
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And it usually happens right where the plantar fascia connects or inserts into the calcaneal bone of the foot or the heel.
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The flap is sutured to the pectoral fascia, and the pillars are sutured together.
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The mylohyoid is sutured to the digastric fascia with absorbable sutures.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
A thin band of strong tissue that holds muscles and organs together
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fascia comes from the Latin word fascia, which means 'band' or 'strip' and was used for a piece of cloth that wraps things. So in the body a fascia is like a band or sheet of tissue that wraps and holds muscles and organs together.