What's the difference between fascia and fat?

Fascia


Definition:

  • (n.) A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
  • (n.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.
  • (n.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.
  • (n.) A broad well-defined band of color.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Blocks of hippocampal tissue containing the fascia dentata were taken from late embryonic and newborn rats and transplanted to the hippocampal region of other newborn and young adult rats.
  • (2) Fascia TM grafts atrophied in 35 of 43 ears (80%), and perichondrium atrophied in 8 of 20 ears (40%).
  • (3) One month after unilateral transection of the fimbria-fornix an almost complete lack of cholinergic fibers persists in all layers of the dorsal hippocampus and fascia dentata ipsilateral to the lesion when compared to the contralateral hippocampus or to unlesioned control rats.
  • (4) The authors tested their own technique, using transplants or implants of corium, fascia, dura mater and polyester net, internally in the tendons, fastening them with an external cross suture.
  • (5) At surgery, upon incision of the paravertebral muscle fascia, viscous pale fluid was encountered emanating from a foramen in the thoracic lamina.
  • (6) Findings, supported also by direct observations on humans, demonstrated that a parotid fascia proper does not exist.
  • (7) The transversalis fascia of the floor of the femoral canal turns down to form the medial wall of the venous compartment of the femoral sheath, and has the support of the curved edge of the lacunar ligament which effectively bars the femoral canal from entering the thigh.
  • (8) In sixty-two (73 per cent) of the legs, the nerve coursed within the lateral muscle compartment from its origin to its exit through the crural fascia.
  • (9) The fibrous layer corresponds to the connective tissue layer, formerly described as fascia trunci superficialis.
  • (10) The most significant factor affecting the elasticity was the state of hydration of the fascia.
  • (11) Histologic examination of biopsy specimens from the involved area of skin revealed the presence of inflammatory cell infiltrates and various degrees of collagen accumulation in the dermis, subcutis, fascia, and underlying muscle.
  • (12) Parapharyngeal space can be defined as a potential space surrounded by deglutitional and masticator muscles and their covering, superficial and middle layer of deep cervical fascia.
  • (13) Inductive influence of the fascial transplant has been measured in two patients; a tenfold increase in net collagen synthesis and deposition occurs for at least one year following transplantation of fascia to an imbricated scar recipient area.
  • (14) The abdomen should be temporarily closed with skin flaps, skin grafts, or absorbable mesh, and definitive reconstruction of the fascia should be done at a later operation.
  • (15) The present study has shown a hitherto unknown axo-axonic cell in the rat fascia dentata.
  • (16) The results of ongoing prospective randomized studies will clarify the role of fascia removal, resection margins and prophylactic lymphadenectomy in the treatment of malignant melanoma.
  • (17) Although their numbers are greatest in the polymorph region of the fascia dentata (FD) and in the principal cell layers stratum pyramidale (SP) and stratum granulosum (SG), GAD immunoreactive (GAD-IR) cells are numerous in other strata that contain mostly dendrites and scattered cells.
  • (18) The anterior renal fascia has been recognized in 71% of cases on the right side and in 88% on the left.
  • (19) The fascia was inflamed and fibrotic, and adjacent skeletal muscle often showed perifascicular inflammation.
  • (20) On high-resolution CT scans in the normal subjects, a 1-2-mm-thick line of soft-tissue attenuation at the point of contact between lung and chest wall represents the visceral and parietal pleura, pleural contents, endothoracic fascia, and innermost intercostal muscle.

Fat


Definition:

  • (n.) A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
  • (n.) A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
  • (superl.) Abounding with fat
  • (superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
  • (superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
  • (superl.) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  • (superl.) Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
  • (superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
  • (superl.) Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
  • (superl.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
  • (n.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
  • (n.) The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
  • (n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
  • (a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
  • (v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This effect was more marked in breast cancer patients which may explain our earlier finding that women with upper body fat localization are at increased risk for developing breast cancer.
  • (2) After a period on fat-rich diet the patient's physical fitness was increased and the recovery period after the acute load was shorter.
  • (3) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
  • (4) To estimate the age of onset of these differences, and to assess their relationship to abdominal and gluteal adipocyte size, we measured adiposity, adipocyte size, and glucose and insulin concentrations during a glucose tolerance test in lean (less than 20% body fat), prepubertal children from each race.
  • (5) High radioactivities were observed in the digestive organs, mesenteric lymphnodes, liver, pancreas, urinary bladder, fat tissue, kidney and spleen after oral administration to rats.
  • (6) There were few significant differences between high polyunsaturated (safflower oil) and saturated fat (lard) diet groups.
  • (7) Protein composition was determined in mesenteric lymph chylomicrons from fat-fed rats.
  • (8) The relationship of weight history with current fat distribution was also explored.
  • (9) The heterogeneity of obesity may be demonstrated by the shape of fat distribution and the prolactin response to insulin hypoglycaemia.
  • (10) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
  • (11) I usually use them as a rag with which to clean the toilet but I didn’t have anything else to wear today because I’m so fat.” While this exchange will sound baffling to outsiders, to Brits it actually sounds like this: “You like my dress?
  • (12) Assuming 1 kg LBM to contain 52.1 mmol potassium, the mean LBM was 3028 g in the I-NSM and 2739 in the I-SM; mean fat mass was similar in both groups.
  • (13) Cholestyramine resin was beneficial in reducing stool bulk but had no substantial effect on fat absorption.
  • (14) This study examined the association between diet composition, particularly dietary fat intake, and body-fat percentage in 205 adult females.
  • (15) With both approaches, carbohydrate and fat had little influence whereas egg albumin had a significant inhibitory effect on the absorption of nonheme iron.
  • (16) Computed Tomography was used to demonstrate the increased retro-orbital fat.
  • (17) The results obtained on fat cell membranes from abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue demonstrated the following.
  • (18) The latter appears to reflect methodological problems since both fat-free determinations depend upon TBW rather than somatic proteins.
  • (19) There were no relationships between blood pressure and calorie-adjusted intakes of fats, carbohydrates, sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium.
  • (20) As with alloplastic orbital implant extrusions in enucleated sockets, autogeneous dermis fat grafts can be useful in managing extrusions in previously eviscerated sockets.

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