Adipose capsule of kidney
1: Parenchyma 2: Cortex 3: Medulla 4: Perirenal fat 5: Capsule 6: Ureter 7: Pelvis of kidney 8: Renal artery and Renal vein 9: Hilus 10: Calyx
Latin	capsula adiposa renis

The adipose capsule of kidney (or perinephric fat or perirenal fat) is a structure between the renal fascia and renal capsule, and may be regarded as a part of the latter.^[1] A different structure, the pararenal fat, is the adipose tissue superficial to the renal fascia.

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• SUNY Labs 40:03-0104 - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: The Retroperitoneal Fat and Suprarenal Glands"
• Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_29/29-5.HTM
• http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MEdEd/Radio/curriculum/GU/Image166d.jpg
• http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/dirt/museum/7features.html

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