Atlas of Anatomy and Physiology of the Internal Fasciae

This groundbreaking Atlas presents, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of new images of the fasciae of human internal organs—compared side by side with those of other animals. More than a visual resource, it introduces fresh concepts on organ-fascial units, apparatus-fascial sequences, and the intricate relationship between fascia and the autonomic nervous system (ANS).

Structured in three parts across twelve chapters, the Atlas guides readers from microscopic anatomy to whole-body integration. The first part explores the internal fasciae and reinterprets the microscopic ANS, while subsequent chapters reveal how fascia unites the neck, thorax, lumbar, and pelvic organs into cohesive glandular, visceral, and vascular units. The second part focuses on apparatus-fascial sequences and the autonomic nerves that connect organ-fascial units in longitudinal networks. The final part expands outward to the superficial fascia, macroscopic autonomic ganglia, and the external systems—cutaneous, adipose, lymphatic—alongside their interplay with thermoregulation, metabolism, and immunity.

With careful clarification of often-confused terminology and distinctions within the ANS—metasympathetic, orthosympathetic, adenosympathetic, and parasympathetic—this Atlas offers a unified framework that is both anatomically rigorous and clinically meaningful.

Essential for anatomists, clinicians, therapists, and researchers, this work provides a revolutionary perspective on the fasciae of internal organs and their central role in human physiology.

The presented knowledge and results force us to completely rethink the anatomy and functions of the autonomic nervous system. The role of internal fasciae in the correction of functional disorders of internal organs prove that the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are not antagonists. ALEKSANDR STOGOV, MD. Orthopaedic Doctor, Russia