fascia

Question 1

what are the two types of fascia?

Answer 1

deep and superficial

Question 2

what is fascia?

Answer 2

Fascia is an internal connective tissue which forms bands or sheets that surround and support muscles, vessels and nerves in the body.

Question 3

where find superficial fascia? what does it do?

Answer 3

subcutaneous

loose connective tissue.
separates subcut tissue to deeper adipose tissues. adipose gives protection. allows movement of skin
contains veins.

Question 4

describe deep fascia - where found?

Answer 4

dense connective tissue, separates muscles from each other into separate compartments.

Question 5

role of the deep fascia?

Answer 5

groups muscles with similar functions that share same neuro-vascular supply.

helps stabilise joints and protects long tendons, esp. at the ankle and wrist

Question 6

which fascia is essentially avascular?

Answer 6

deep fascia

Question 7

whats nerves like in deep fascia?

Answer 7

innervated - can sense pain, movement, pressure, chemical env.

Question 8

what is retinaculum?

Answer 8

the deep fascia at the wrists and ankle that is specialised - helps protects the tendons and the angle change of the ankle

Question 9

what does the iliotibial tract + fascia do?

Answer 9

helps stabilise the hip and knee joint. as muscles tense in that compartment - helps to direct force of contraction onto the bone to stabilise it.

Question 10

what does the characteristics of fascia mean occurs with regards to contracting muscles?

Answer 10

limits the outward expansion of contraction muscles - means that force of muscle expansion is directed towards the skeleton and blood is pumped against gravity.

Question 11

whats a compartment?

Answer 11

group of similar muscles with similar functions that share neuro-vascular contained by deep fascia