0 the dashboard in a motor vehicle --
1 the sign above the window of a shop, where the shop's name is written --
2 a flat piece of material under the edge of a roof, especially one that covers the ends of the rafters (= the large sloping pieces of wood that support the roof) --
3 a cover for a mobile phone --
4 a layer of strong, stretchy tissue that covers, separates, or holds together different organs, muscles, blood vessels, and nerves --
5 a sign above the entrance to a shop with the name of the shop on it, or the name of the shop: --
Another change would be to ensure that the dialling apparatus is always positioned on top of the fascia at windscreen level.
It is necessary, however, to defeat the increasing number of devices which masquerade as fascia boards and the like.
There is also a convenience in the easy recognition of the different kinds of shops which these common fascias offer.
When tobacco companies display cigarette brand names on the fascias or blinds of shops, they are merely competing for a market share.
The move to less radical mastectomy that spares the pectoralis fascia, and acceptance of skin-sparing mastectomy, has increased the number of women eligible for implant reconstruction.
One type uses a strip of rectus fascia tunnelled under the bladder neck, which is then sutured to the rectus fascia on each side with minimal tension.
For closure of the fascia, there was a more even split between synthetic absorbable materials (28%), chromic catgut (20%) and nonabsorbable synthetic materials or silk (10%).
Any rise in intra-abdominal pressure compresses the urethra due to the downward force of abdominal pressure against the resistance of the underlying endopelvic fascia.
