kidney capsule

Preferred Label : kidney capsule;

Uberon definition : 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;

Uberon synonym : renal capsule; fibrous capsule of kidney; capsule of kidney;

Uberon Function note : provides some protection from trauma and damage.;

Uberon Structure note : 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];

Details

Origin ID

0002015;

UMLS CUI

C0227637;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire capsule of kidney (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire fibrous capsule of kidney (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fibrous capsule of kidney [FMA entity]
- Renal Capsule [NCIt concept]
- Renal capsule [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of capsule of kidney (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of fibrous capsule of kidney (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- capsule of kidney [Radlex concept]
- fibrous capsule of kidney [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Gerota Fascia [NCIt concept]
- Structure of perirenal fascia (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- perirenal fascia [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire fibrous capsule of kidney (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fibrous capsule of kidney [FMA entity]
- Renal Capsule [NCIt concept]
bounding layer of
- kidney [UBERON concept]
contributes to morphology of
- kidney [UBERON concept]
part of
- kidney [UBERON concept]

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