fascia

Examples of fascia in the following topics:

• Arrangement of Fascicles

  • This fascia can project beyond the end of the muscle and attach to bones, other muscles, and other tissues.
  • This fascia is interlinked with a serious of fascia found throughout the body, including the superficial fascia which is the lowermost layer of the skin and the visceral fascia which surrounds internal organs.
  • The fascia surrounding a muscle or muscle group does not contain many blood vessels, but is rich with sensory receptors.
  • Beneath the fascia in skeletal muscle is another layer of connective tissue termed the epimysium which is closely associated with the fascia.
  • Skeletal muscle is surrounded by a thick outer layer of connective tissue termed the fascia.

• Nephroptosis (Floating Kidney)

  • It is believed to result from deficiency of supporting perirenal fasciae.
  • The renal fascia is a layer of connective tissue encapsulating the kidneys and the suprarenal glands.
  • Posterior attachment: Fuses with the psoas fascia and side of the body of the vertebrae.
  • The posterior layer descends downwards and fuses with the iliac fascia.
  • The anterior fascia and posterior fascia fuse laterally to form the lateroconal fascia which fuses with the fascia transversalis.

• Plantar Fasciitis

  • Plantar fasciitis is a painful inflammatory process of the plantar fascia, the connective tissue on the sole (bottom surface) of the foot.
  • Plantar fasciitis (PF) is a painful inflammatory process of the plantar fascia, the connective tissue on the sole (bottom surface) of the foot.
  • It is often caused by overuse of the plantar fascia or arch tendon of the foot .
  • The plantar fascia is a thick fibrous band of connective tissue originating on the bottom surface of the calcaneus (heel bone) and extending along the sole of the foot towards the toes.

• Muscle Attachment Sites

  • However, some skeletal muscle attaches directly to other muscles, fascia, or tissues such as the skin.
  • At either end of the tendon, its fibers intertwine with the fascia of a muscle or the periosteum (a dense fibrous covering of a bone), allowing force to be dissipated across the bone or muscle.
  • Aponeuroses can also attach to bone, as in the scalp aponeuroses, and to the fascia of other muscles or tissues, such as the anterior abdominal aponeuroses.
  • The skeletal muscles involved in controlling expression attach directly onto the fascia of the skin.

• Bursae and Tendon Sheaths

  • Tendons are similar to ligaments and fasciae as they are all made of collagen, except that a ligament joins one bone to another, and fasciae connect muscles to other muscles.
  • Bursae occur at sites of shearing in subcutaneous tissue or between deeper tissues such as muscle groups and fascia.

• Overview of the Adrenal Glands

  • In humans, the adrenal glands are found at the level of the 12th thoracic vertebra sitting above and slightly medial to the kidneys, lying within the renal fascia and separated from the kidneys by a thin layer of connective tissue.

• Cervical Plexus

  • Transverse cervical nerve - The transverse cervical nerve (superficial cervical or cutaneous cervical) arises from the second and third cervical nerves, turns around the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus about its middle, and, passing obliquely forward beneath the external jugular vein to the anterior border of the muscle, it perforates the deep cervical fascia and divides beneath the platysma into ascending and descending branches, which are distributed to the antero-lateral parts of the neck.
  • They emerge beneath the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus, and descend in the posterior triangle of the neck beneath the platysma and deep cervical fascia

• Kidney Structure

  • The outermost layer, the renal fascia, is a tough connective tissue layer.
  • Externally, the kidney is surrounded by the renal fascia, the perirenal fat capsule, and the renal capsule.

• Orbits

  • The primary functions of the orbit include protection of the delicate orbital contents but through muscle attachment and a smooth coating fascia it also promotes the smooth delicate movements of the eye.

• Lumbar Plexus

  • Lateral cutaneous femoral nerve: Pierces the psoas major on its lateral side and runs obliquely downward below the iliac fascia.
  • In the thigh, it briefly passes under the fascia lata before it breaches the fascia and supplies the skin of the anterior thigh.