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Fascia Flashcards

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Definition of Superficial Fascia?

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Fatty layerof connective tissue deep to the skin, contains fatty deposits (yellow) in loose CT/areolar tissue (white)

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Distribution of Superficial Fascia’s fat is due to what?

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Sex Hormones

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Definition of Deep Fascia?

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Membranous layer of dense, organized CT that binds together or INVESTS the deep structures. Encloses all structures deep to the superficial fascia

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What is the most prominent deep fascia?

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Thoracolumbar Fascia; tough, fibrous thick membrane. Consists of anterior and posterior lamellae

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