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tunica fibrosa hepatis (medicine)


tunica fibrosa hepatis -->
fibrous capsule of liver
A layer of connective tissue ensheathing the hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile ducts as these ramify within the liver.

Synonym: capsula fibrosa perivascularis, perivascular fibrous capsule.

Connective tissue capsule surrounding the outer surface of the liver, but continuous with septae of some animals which divide parenchyme into lobule, and with the perivascular fibrous capsule at the porta hepatis.

Synonym: tunica fibrosa hepatis, Glisson's capsule.