fasciae
- plural of fascia.
Example Sentences
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She had charts on her wall with exploded views of the human spine and the muscles and fasciae and nerve bundles that surrounded the spine and were connected to it.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011
In the Byzantine doorways at Sta Sophia, Constantinople, a bold convex moulding and a hollow take the place of the fasciae of the classic architrave.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
More has been done in unravelling the mysteries of the fasciae, but there has been a tendency to overdo this kind of material analysis.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The central fasciae of the frontal are the antagonists of the pyramidal; and if the action of the latter is to be specially checked, these central fasciae must be contracted.
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles
By this “open method” the surgeon sees exactly what structures are at fault and in need of division—skin, fasciae tendons, ligaments; everything, in short, which prevented the easy rectification of the deformity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
