What is the term for incision into the fascia?
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Fasciotomy or fasciectomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or pressure in order to treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle.
What is the surgical attachment of a fascia to another fascia or tendon?
++ (făsh″ē-ŏd′ĕ-sĭs) [″ + Gr. desis, binding] Surgical attachment of a fascia to a tendon or another fascia.
What is the medical term for surgical repair of the fascia?
A fasciotomy surgery is a procedure to cut open the fascia (tissue beneath the skin) to relieve tension or pressure.
What term means injury to the body of a muscle or to the attachment of a tendon?
A strain is an injury to a muscle and/or tendon. Tendons are fibrous cords of tissue that attach muscles to bone.
Which term means to suture a tendon to bone?
Tenodesis
Tenodesis refers to the surgical suturing of the end of a tendon to bone.
What is the medical term word for suturing a muscle?
Myorrhaphy (my-OR-ah-fee) is the surgical suturing of a muscle wound (my/o means muscle, and -rrhaphy means surgical suturing).
What are the attachment points for a skeletal muscle called?
A skeletal muscle attaches to bone (or sometimes other muscles or tissues) at two or more places. If the place is a bone that remains immobile for an action, the attachment is called an origin. If the place is on the bone that moves during the action, the attachment is called an insertion.
What is the fascia?
Fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place. The tissue does more than provide internal structure; fascia has nerves that make it almost as sensitive as skin.
Which term means suturing of a tendon?
Medical Definition of tenorrhaphy : surgical suture of a divided tendon.
Which term means the surgical suturing of a muscle?
Which term means surgical suturing together the divided ends of a tendon?
tenorrhaphy. surgical suturing together of the divided ends of a tendon.
Which term means to suture the ends of a tendon to a bone?