fascia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Doublet of fajita, fess, and fascism.

noun

1. (architecture) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
2. A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone.
3. (UK) A dashboard.
4. (architecture) A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
5. A broad well-defined band of color.
6. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.
7. (ecclesiastical, fashion) A sash worn by certain members of the Catholic and Anglican churches.
8. (anatomy) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing muscles and organs; an aponeurosis.
   The deepest layer of cervical fascia consists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebral fasciae. 2006, Dennis E. McDonnell, Steven J. Harrison, “10: Retropharyngeal Approach to the Occipitocervical Junction”, in Richard G. Fessler, Laligam N. Sekhar, editors, Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Thieme Medical Publishers, page 89
   Close-up of the fascia surrounding a muscle in an unembalmed cadaver. 2017, David Lesondak, Fascia: What it is and Why it Matters, Handspring Publishing, page 3, Figure 1.1
   2017, Andrea Pasini, Antonio Stecco, Carla Stecco, 19: Fascial Anatomy of the Viscera, Torsten Liem, Paolo Tozzi, Anthony Chila (editors), Fascia in the Osteopathic Field, Handspring Publishing, page 173, This is evidence that the insertional fasciae are the ones that provide the connections between internal fasciae and muscular fascia, and between the different organs. The same pattern can be applied to the fasciae that surround the glands.
9. The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.