Capsule surrounding lymph node composed of connective tissue with some plain muscle fibers. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node#Capsule ]
Synonyms: capsula nodi lymphoidei lymph node capsule
Term information
- Wikipedia:Lymph_node_capsule
- FMA:74604
- EMAPA:35524
- UMLS:C0229699 (ncithesaurus:Lymph_Node_Capsule)
- MA:0000739
- SCTID:327532004
- NCIT:C33028
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
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]