| Renal fascia | |
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| 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. | |
| Latin | fascia renalis |
| Gray's | subject #253 1220 |
The renal fascia or Gerota's fascia is a layer of connective tissue encapsulating the kidneys and the suprarenal glands. The deeper layers below the renal fascia are, in order, the adipose capsule of the kidney (or "perirenal fat"), the renal capsule and finally the parenchyma of the renal cortex. The spaces about the kidney are typically divided into three compartments: the perinephric space and the anterior and posterior pararenal spaces.
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The anterior fascia and posterior fascia fuse laterally to form the lateroconal fascia which fuses with the fascia transversalis. [1]
The fascia anterior to the perinephric space has historically been termed Gerota's fascia, although the term may be used for the entire renal fascia too. Anterior to this fascia is the anterior pararenal space which contains the pancreas, ascending and descending colon, and second through fourth parts of the duodenum.
The fascia posterior to the perinephric space was named Zuckerkandl's fascia. Posterior to this lies the posterior paranephric space which does not contain any abdominal organs.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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