

The superficial layer ( fascia of Camper) is thick, areolar in texture, and contains in its meshes a varying quantity of adipose tissue.The superficial fascia of the abdomen consists, over the greater part of the abdominal wall, of a single layer containing a variable amount of fat but near the groin it is easily divisible into two layers, between which are found the superficial vessels and nerves and the superficial inguinal lymph glands. In the Gray's, is another common description of fascia of abdomen: Transversalis fascia is the inner epimysium of transversus abdominis muscle no separate deep investing fascia exists. For some authors, endoabdominal fascia comprises: 1) transversalis fascia and 2) investing abdominal (deep, intermediate and superficial).


