Definition of "fascia" []

• Anatomy A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating, or binding together muscles, organs, and other soft structures of the body. (noun)
• A broad and distinct band of color. (noun)
• Architecture A flat horizontal band or member between moldings, especially in a classical entablature. (noun)
• Chiefly British The dashboard of a motor vehicle. (noun)

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• "Skin; dartos muscle; Colles 'fascia; external spermatic fascia; cremastric muscle & fascia; internal spermatic fascia& tunica vaginalis the dartos muscle is innervated by sympathetic nerve & contraction ofdartosmuscle wrinkles the scrotum & reducing heat loss."
• "The plantar fascia is a tough, rubber-band-like structure on the bottom of the foot."
• ""You end up training fascia, which is not prepared for life, because life doesn't come at you right straight down the same vectors that the machines do.""