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/ˈfæʃə/ · noun
(architecture) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing..
Close-up of the fascia surrounding a muscle in an unembalmed cadaver.
2017, Andrea Pasini, Antonio Stecco, Carla Stecco, 19: Fascial Anatomy of the Viscera, Torsten Liem, Paolo Tozzi, Anthony Chila (editors), Fascia in the Osteopathic Field, Handspring Publishing, page 173, This is evidence that the insertional fasciae are the ones that provide the connections between internal fasciae and muscular fascia, and between the different organs. The same pattern can be applied to the fasciae that surround the glands.
The deepest layer of cervical fascia consists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebral fasciae.
The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.
Use fascia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fascia means (architecture) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing..
Common synonyms include frieze, case, dashboard, sash.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Close-up of the fascia surrounding a muscle in an unembalmed cadaver.
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