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
- MA:0000739
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/327532004
- NCIT:C33028
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node_capsule
- EMAPA:35524
- FMA:74604
- UMLS:C0229699 (ncithesaurus:Lymph_Node_Capsule)
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0229699
uberon_slim
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