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Fibrocartilage has an abundance of thick collagen fibers and compounds (glycosaminoglycans) that absorb water, making it tough and deformable, suitable for its role in intervertebral discs and insertions of tendons. It resists compression, prevents bone-to-bone contact, and limits excessive movement. Fibrocartilage is found in the menisci of the kn
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In simpler terms, fascia is commonly described as sheets and webs of fibrous connective tissue found everywhere in the body—and, in even simpler terms, “that white stuff that you find in and around your chicken.”
Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga
Between 60% and 70% of all sensory nerves fall into this category. C fibers are unmyelinated, so they transmit signals relatively slowly—1 to 2.5 meters per second, unlike the speedy myelinated fibers, which transmit messages at rates between 6 and 100 meters per second. C fibers transmit the signals that result in dull, aching, throbbing, long-las
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Phys.org • Bio-inspired textiles promote sustainable fashion
“a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and separate muscles and other internal organs”
Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga
‘soft tissue component of the connective tissue system that permeates the human body’. One could also describe these as fibrous collagenous tissues which are part of a bodywide tensional force transmission system.”
Joanne Avison • Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement: Fascia, Form and Functional Movement
Through these mechanisms, fibre slows down the breakdown and absorption of any glucose that lands in the sink after it; the result is that fibre flattens our glucose curves.