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| Transverse section, showing the relations of the capsule of the kidney. (Labeled as "adipose capsule".) | |||
| Latin | capsula adiposa renis, capsula fibrosa renis | ||
| Gray's | subject #253 1220 | ||
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_07/12211754 | ||
The renal capsule is a tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney and covered in a thick layer of perinephric adipose tissue. It provides some protection from trauma and damage.
The renal capsule relates to the other layers in the following order (moving from innermost to outermost):
- renal medulla
- renal cortex
- renal capsule
- perinephric fat (or "perirenal fat")
- renal fascia
- paranephric fat (or "pararenal fat")
- peritoneum (anteriorly), and transversalis fascia (posteriorly).
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Adipose capsule
The periephric fat may be regarded as a part of the renal capsule, called the adipose capsule of kidney.[1]
Additional images
 Frontal section through the kidney |
See also
References
- ^ University of Michigan - Lab Manual - Kidneys & Retroperitoneum
External links
- Anatomy at PSU urogen/dissectkidney2
- Organology at UC Davis Urinary/mammal/cortex1/cortex3 - "Mammal, kidney cortex (LM, Medium)"
- Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_29/29-5.HTM
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