Gerota's fascia
[Ga-RO-tahz FAYSH-ee-uh] A fibrous envelope of tissue that surrounds the kidney. Also called renal fascia and Gerota's capsule. | ||||
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Renal fascia
The kidney and the adipose capsule are enclosed in a sheath of fibrous tissue continuous with the subperitoneal fascia, and named the renal fascia (also known as Gerota's fascia after the Romanian anatomist Dimitrie Gerota).
At the lateral border of the kidney the renal fascia splits into an anterior and a posterior layer.
- The anterior layer is carried medialward in front of the kidney and its vessels, and is continuous over the aorta with the corresponding layer of the opposite side.
- The posterior layer extends medialward behind the kidney and blends with the fascia on the Quadratus lumborum and Psoas major, and through this fascia is attached to the vertebral column.
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