fascia

layer of fibrous connective tissue that surrounds muscles, blood vessels and nerves
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q936531
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fascia

Summary

fascia is a class of anatomical entity[1]. fascia ranks in the top 2% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,066 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • fascia's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • fascia is a type of set of organ components[4].
  • fascia is a type of dense regular connective tissue[5].
  • fascia is a type of particular anatomical entity[6].
  • fascia is part of muscular system[7].
  • fascia's Commons category is recorded as Fascia (tissue)[8].
  • fascia comprises fasciae of muscles[9].
  • fascia comprises fasciae of body cavities[10].
  • fascia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fascia[11].
  • fascia's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[12].
  • fascia's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • fascia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • fascia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • fascia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • fascia's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C13108[17].

Why It Matters

fascia ranks in the top 2% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,066 views/month).[2] fascia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] fascia is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fascia. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fascia
MLA “fascia.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fascia.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fascia_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fascia}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fascia}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 9h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of muscular system
    Instance of class of anatomical entity
    Has part(s) fasciae of muscles, fasciae of body cavities
    Subclass of set of organ components, dense regular connective tissue, particular anatomical entity
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29670, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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