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 information
- FMA:66610
- NCIT:C12885
- SCTID:243657006
- Wikipedia:Kidney_capsule
- EMAPA:18679
- MA:0000370
- galen:CapsuleOfKidney
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- abdomen connective tissue
- fibrous connective tissue
- contributes to morphology of some kidney
- bounding layer of some kidney