Capsule surrounding lymph node composed of connective tissue with some plain muscle fibers. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node#Capsule ]
Synonyms: lymph node capsule capsula nodi lymphoidei
Term information
- SCTID:327532004
- MA:0000739
- NCIT:C33028
- Wikipedia:Lymph_node_capsule
- EMAPA:35524
- UMLS:C0229699 (ncithesaurus:Lymph_Node_Capsule)
- FMA:74604
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Lymphknoten_(Schwein).jpg
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/lymph-node-female/v1.3/assets/3d-nih-f-lymph-node.glb
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/lymph-node-male/v1.3/assets/3d-nih-m-lymph-node.glb
from its internal surface are given off a number of membranous processes or trabeculae, consisting, in man, of connective tissue, with a small admixture of plain muscle fibers; but in many of the lower animals composed almost entirely of involuntary muscle[WP]
Term relations
- capsule
- part of some lymph node
- bounding layer of some lymph node
- composed primarily of some connective tissue