- Gerota's fascia
- A fibrous envelope of tissue that surrounds the kidney. Also called renal fascia and Gerota's capsule.
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Gerota's fascia
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Gerota's capsule — A fibrous envelope of tissue that surrounds the kidney. Also called renal fascia and Gerota s fascia … English dictionary of cancer terms
Gerota capsule — fascia renalis … Medical dictionary
Fascia — A flat band of tissue below the skin that covers underlying tissues and separates different layers of tissue. Fascia encloses muscles. Inflammation of the fascia is referred to as fasciitis. Fascia is the Latin word for band or bandage. * * * A… … Medical dictionary
Gerota fascia (capsule) method — Ge·ro·ta fascia (capsule), method (ga roґtah) [Dumitru Gerota, Romanian anatomist, 1867–1939] see under method and see fascia renalis under fascia … Medical dictionary
Gerota fascia — the anterior part of the renal fascia; sometimes used to denote the entire renal fascia … Medical dictionary
Gerota — Dimitru, Roumanian anatomist and surgeon, 1867–1939. See G. capsule, G. fascia, G. method … Medical dictionary
Renal fascia — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = fascia renalis GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1220 Caption = Transverse section, showing the relations of the capsule of the kidney. Caption2 = Sagittal section through posterior abdominal wall, showing the… … Wikipedia
Dimitrie Gerota — Dimitrie D. Gerota (pronounced [dʒeˈrota], 17 July 1867 – 3 March 1939), Romanian anatomist, physician, radiologist, urologist, and an associated member of the Romanian Academy from 1916. Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 3 … Wikipedia
renal fascia — A fibrous envelope of tissue that surrounds the kidney. Also called Gerota s fascia and Gerota s capsule … English dictionary of cancer terms
renal fascia — fascia renalis [TA] a thin membranous sheath that encloses the kidney, perirenal fat, and adrenal gland, formed by condensation of fibroareolar tissue. Some authorities distinguish between anterior renal fascia and posterior renal fascia, which… … Medical dictionary
