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

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

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

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Lymphknoten_(Schwein).jpg

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]