Structure & Function Flashcards
What % of muscle is fascial tissue?
40%
Fascial tissue is made up of these three elements.
Amorphous ground substance, Collagen and Elastin
Fascial tissue serves the function of movement in these 3 principal ways.
Allowing muscles to stretch while holding their form.
Allowing muscles to slide over other muscles, bones and organs.
Allowing each division of a muscle to slide over the same structures next to it.
Amorphous ground substance is a _____ and it _______ and ________ other structures within it and provides ______ ______.
Amorphous ground substance is a GEL and it SURROUNDS and PROTECTS other structures within it and provides VISIBLE FORM.
Collagen fibers are _____ and relatively _______ and provide _________ to fascial tissue.
Collagen fibers are TOUGH and relatively INELASTIC and provide STABILITY to fascial tissue.
Elastin is ______ and allows fascial tissue to _______ thus serving the function of ________.
Elastin is ELASTIC and allows fascial tissue to STRETCH thus serving the function of MOVEMENT.
Fascial tissue is most elastic in the _____ and serves as a _________.
Fascial tissue is most elastic in the YOUNG and serves as a LUBRICANT. (It is soft, pliable, stretchy and slick).
The 5 reasons that facial tissue becomes hard, rigid, dense, fibrous and short (or deteriorates) are…
- ) Desiccation of tissue due to Aging
- ) Physical trauma
- ) Emotional trauma
- ) Disease
- ) Habit patterns
Seen under a microscope, it appears that _______ loosely winds around _______.
Seen under a microscope, it appears that collagen loosely winds around elastin.
Periostium
The tough fascial covering of all bones. Tendons do not connect to bone per se, but to this covering.
The purpose of Myofascial Release Massage is to…
Return fascial tissue to an earlier, healthier state.
