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Somemore skin and soft tissue facts
1.
Damaged skin heals quickly, much faster than
ligaments andmuscles. It is such an important
protector, it has to heal fast.
2.
Skin has a high density of sensors, including alarm
sensors, for heat, cold, mechanical forces and various
chemicals. See page 30 for a review of sensors.
3.
Skin is usually verymobile. It slides as wemove. It
doesn’t like to be scarred. It likesmovement and it
usually revels in being touched.
4.
Fascia lies under the skin. Fascia is a tough, strong
tissue, also containingmany danger sensors. Fascia
is connected throughout the body in sheets and it
sometimes links tomuscles.
5.
When youmassage skin, you aremoving tissues and
also sending useful impulses to the brain. So,
movement and touch are useful ways to refresh your
‘virtual’ and actual body.
homuncular man
Size of body part represents area of brain devoted to sensation.
