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

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

latin term
capsula nodi lymphoidei [ FMA:TA FMA:74604 ]

depiction

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

id

UBERON:0002194

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

taxon notes

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]