l8?2 HUMAN ANATOMY. 



Mimes the character of a distinct fascia (fascia reoalis), which^at 



terior layer of the- renal fascia. The latter passes 



coverina 'he transversalis, nuadratus, and psoas, as far as the inner 



mi^atog which it becomes attached to the spine. The posterior layer extends 



upward behind the suprarenal body, which, in conjunction with ^ MtenorhjW, 



is completely invested on all sides except below, where it lies against the kidney, t, 



FIG. 1593- 



Diaphragm 



Spleen 

 XII rib 



Left kidney 

 Descending colon J 

 Iliac crest - 



Diaphragm 



Right suprarenal bodv 

 Liver 



Right kidney 



Ascending colon 

 Psoas muscle 



Posterior aspect of kidney* in silu in formalin subject; portion of posterior body-wall has been removed, as have 

 been also part.s of plcural sacs and diaphragm. 



th- support >f \\hich organ it materially contributes. Although everywhere sepa- 

 : from tin- fibrous tunic of the kidney by the intervening layer of fat (tunica 

 (H/i/>< >w/ i, the renal fas. i.i i^ attached to the renal capsule proper by bands of con- 

 inTtivr ti^siir. which are especially strong at the lower pole, thus directly affording 

 su|ijxirt to t! Hchind, the posterior layer of the renal fascia is likewise 



attachrd to the trai^ : rs.ilis fascia by means of areolar tissue, between the connecting 

 bauds of which .1 variable amount of fat is usually present. Above, beyond the 

 suprarenal Imdv, the renal fascia fades away over the diaphragm; below, it passes 

 into .ui.l i- lost within the fatty snbperitoneal tissue of the iliac fossa. 



The h \ation of the U ft kidney is firmer than that of the right, greater security 

 lx.-ing gained for the left organ in consequence of its more extensive relations to the 



