Description
The true “fascia” of the abdomen includes the investing abdominal fascia (or superficial investing fascia) and the endoabdominal fascia (or deep investing abdominal fascia). However, the terminology has been widely disputed and so we have followed the naming classification outlined by Terminologia anatomica (FIPAT, 2019).
The fascia of the abdomen is found deep to the skin and its subcutaneous tissue (including Scarpa’s and Camper’s fascia). The investing abdominal fascia surrounds the muscles of the abdominal wall, while the endoabdominal fascia lines the abdominal cavity and is just superficial to the parietal peritoneum.
Superficial to the abdominal fascia sits the subcutaneous tissue of the abdomen and includes the fatter layer (Camper’s fascia) and membranous layer (Scarpa’s fascia).
References
FIPAT (2019) Terminologia Anatomica. 2nd edn. FIPAT.library.dal.ca.: Federative International Programme for Anatomical Terminology.
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Fascia
A fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, blood vessels, and nerves.
