kidney capsule
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002015
The tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney which is covered in a thick layer of perirenal adipose tissue that functions to provide some protection from trauma and damage. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0011383 ]
Synonyms: capsula fibrosa renis, renal capsule, capsule of kidney, fibrous capsule of kidney
Term info
- MA:0000370
- SCTID:243657006
- UMLS:C0227637 (ncithesaurus:Renal_Capsule)
- Wikipedia:Kidney_capsule
- NCIT:C12885
- FMA:66610
- galen:CapsuleOfKidney
- EMAPA:18679
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
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).[Wikipedia:Kidney_capsule]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Illu_kidney.jpg
uberon
UBERON:0002015
Fibrous capsule of kidney, kidney capsule
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- anatomical entity
- abdomen connective tissue
- fibrous connective tissue
- contributes to morphology of some kidney
- bounding layer of some kidney
- part of some kidney