Anatom3DConnective tissues
Textus connectivi · Pojivové tkáně
Fascia & connective tissue
Looks like
The body's packing and binding: fascia wrapping every muscle and organ, tendons and ligaments, cartilage, joint linings and the skin of the bones.
What it does
Ties the body together, transmits force, cushions joints and lets tissues glide on each other.
Keeping it well
Move through full range often — these tissues stiffen where nothing moves — and build load gradually; most tendon and ligament injuries come from a sudden rise in training.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bursitis
- Compartment syndrome
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hypermobility and Ehlers–Danlos syndromes
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Necrotising fasciitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Repetitive strain & overuse injury
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Septic arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency