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capsule of lymph node

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002194

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 info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000008

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]

depicted by

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

id

UBERON:0002194

prefLabel

capsule of lymph node, Capsule of lymph node

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606