Renal fascia

Renal fascia
Renal fascia
	Transverse plane through the kidneys, showing anterior and posterior renal fascia
Details
System	Urinary system
Identifiers
Latin	fascia renalis
TA98	A08.1.01.010; A13.2.01.009
TA2	3819
FMA	18104
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The renal fascia is a dense, elastic connective tissue envelope enclosing the kidney and adrenal gland, together with the layer of perirenal fat surrounding these two.^[1]

The renal fascia separates the adipose capsule of kidney from the overlying pararenal fat. The deeper layers deep to the renal fascia are, in order, the adipose capsule (or perirenal fat), the renal capsule and finally the parenchyma of the renal cortex.^[2] At the renal hilum, the renal capsule extends into the renal sinus.^[1]

The renal fascia was originally described as consisting of two distinct structures: the anterior renal fascia (Gerota's fascia), and posterior renal fascia (Zuckerkandl's fascia); these two fasciae were said to fuse laterally to form the lateroconal fascia. Understanding of the structure of the renal fascia has subsequently evolved.^[1]

Additional images

Transverse section, showing the relations of the capsule of the kidney.
Sagittal section through posterior abdominal wall, showing the relations of the capsule of the kidney.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1220 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

^ ^a ^b ^c Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42nd ed.). New York. pp. 1260–1261. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Netter FH (2014). Atlas of Human Anatomy Including Student Consult Interactive Ancillaries and Guides (6th ed.). Philadelphia, Penn.: W B Saunders Co. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4557-0418-7.

External links

Anatomy photo:40:03-0102 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: The Retroperitoneal Fat and Suprarenal Glands"
Anatomy image:8951 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
figures/chapter_29/29-5.HTM: Basic Human Anatomy at Dartmouth Medical School

[:2242-1] Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42nd ed.). New York. pp. 1260–1261. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Netter FH (2014). Atlas of Human Anatomy Including Student Consult Interactive Ancillaries and Guides (6th ed.). Philadelphia, Penn.: W B Saunders Co. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4557-0418-7.

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