title: What is 'fascia'? A review of different nomenclatures.
abstract: There are many different definitions of fascia. Here the three most common nomenclatures are compared, including that of the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (1998), the definition included in the latest British edition of Gray's Anatomy (2008) and the newer and more comprehensive terminology suggested at the last international Fascia Research Congress (2012). This review covers which tissues are included and excluded in each of these nomenclatures. The advantages and disadvantages of each terminology system are suggested and related to different fields of application, ranging from histology, tissue repair, to muscular force transmission and proprioception. Interdisciplinary communication involving professionals of different fields is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Fascia Research Group, Division of Neurophysiology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany. robert.schleip@uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schleip
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klingler
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004210:Dissection; D005205:Fascia / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D012660:Semantics; D009626:Terminology as Topic