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Fascia, pronounced , is specialized connective tissue layer which surrounds muscles, bones, and joints, providing support, protection and giving structure to the body. It consists of three layers: the superficial fascia, the deep fascia and the subserous fascia. Fascia is one of the 3 types of dense connective tissue (the other two being ligaments and tendons). According to Terminologia Anatomica of the Federal Committee on Anatomical Terminology ... fascia consists of sheaths, sheets or other dissectible connective tissue aggregations. Most form from condensations of mesenchyme ... some are left behind as organs move ... others are formed as serosal surfaces fuse .... Eventually the term fascia ... includes not only the sheaths of muscles but also the investments of viscera and dissectible structures related to them..
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