| Toldt's fascia | Continuation of Treitz's fascia behind the body of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| endopelvic fascia | Covers the pelvic organs and surrounds vessels and nerves in the subperitoneal space. Synonym: endopelvic fascia, fascia pelvis visceralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endothoracic fascia | The extrapleural fascia that lines the wall of the thorax; it extends over the cupula of the pleura as the suprapleural membrane and also forms a thin layer between the diaphragm and pleura (phrenicopleura f.) Synonym: fascia endothoracica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| transversalis fascia | The lining fascia of the abdominal cavity, between the inner surface of the abdominal musculature and the peritoneum. Synonym: fascia transversalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Treitz's fascia | Fascia behind the head of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triangular fascia | <anatomy> A triangular fibrous band extending from the aponeurosis of the external oblique to the pubic tubercle of the opposite side. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: ligamentum reflexum, Colles' ligament, fascia triangularis abdominis, reflex ligament, triangular fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tyrrell's fascia | A fascial layer that extends superiorly from the central tendon of the perineum to the peritoneum between the prostate and rectum. Synonym: septum rectovesicale, Denonvilliers' aponeurosis, rectovesical fascia, Tyrrell's fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external spermatic fascia | The outer fascial covering of the spermatic cord; it is continuous at the superficial inguinal ring with the fascia covering the external oblique muscle. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: fascia spermatica externa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extraperitoneal fascia | The thin layer of fascia and adipose tissue between the peritoneum and fascia transversalis. Synonym: fascia subperitonealis, subperitoneal fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascia | <anatomy> The flat layers of fibrous tissue that separate differnet layers of tissue. (16 Dec 1997) |
| fascia adherens | A broad intercellular junction in the intercalated disk of cardiac muscle that anchors actin filaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascia antebrachii | It is continuous with the brachial fascia; in the region of the wrist it forms two thickened bands, the extensor and flexor retinacula. Synonym: fascia antebrachii, deep fascia of forearm, fascia of forearm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascia axillaris | The fascia that forms the floor of the axilla. It is continuous with the pectoral and clavipectoral fascia anteriorly, with the brachial fascia laterally, and with the fascia of the latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior muscles posteriorly and medially. Synonym: fascia axillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascia brachii | The deep fascia of the arm; it is continuous proximally with the pectoral fascia and the fascia covering the deltoid; distally it is continuous with the antebrachial fascia. Synonym: fascia brachii, deep fascia of arm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fascia buccopharyngea | The fascia that covers the muscular layer of the pharynx and is continued forward onto the buccinator muscle. Synonym: fascia buccopharyngea. (05 Mar 2000) |