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renal fascia

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0016851


A fascial pouch derived from extraperitoneal connective tissue that contains the kidneys, the suprarenal glands, the renal vessels and perirenal fat. [ http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/kidney.html ]

Synonyms: fascia of Zuckerkandl, gerota's fascia, gerota's capsule

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has related synonym

fascia renalis, Gerota capsule

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UBERON:0016851

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Renal fascia

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