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A B M P m e m b e r s e a r n F R E E C E a t w w w. a b m p . c o m / c e b y r e a d i n g M a s s a g e & B o d y w o r k m a g a z i n e 65 Our bodies are one continuous fabric. There are no layers that just fall off each other without some prodding, prying, or actual cutting. In that regard, you can say we only have one single layer. But when you take into account the densities, textures, and molecular and cellular components, you can differentiate several tissue layers in the body. One basic way to "divide the cake" is to break it down into these primary layers: skin, superficial fascia, deep fascia, muscle, organs, and bone. By stepping this lower-leg dissection, we revealed organization from the skin down to the muscle tissue, making it easy to see and understand. Starting with the top layer on the far left, what you can see in this stepped image of the lower leg is the skin, a divided layer of superficial fascia, deep fascia below, and then the muscles, of which each have their own epimysium, perimysium, and endomysial fascia around and within them. Notes from the Lab: Stepped Specimen