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Encyclopedia > Glisson's capsule
Fibrous capsule of Glisson
Latin capsula fibrosa perivascularis
Gray's subject #246 1157
Dorlands/Elsevier c_07/12211380

Glisson's capsule is a collagenous capsule covering the external surface of the liver. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Elseviers logo. ... Tropocollagen triple helix. ... A capsule, in anatomy, is a cover or envelope partly or wholly surrounding a structure. ... The liver is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. ...


It is covered by a single layer of mesothelial cells. The mesothelium is a membrane that forms the lining of several body cavities: the pleura (thoracal cavity), peritoneum (abdominal cavity) and pericardium (heart sac). ...


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