ABDOMEN AND PELVIS 



FIG. 268. 



507 



Retrorenal fascial 

 layer 



The perirenal fascia, comprising the two layers, prerenal 

 and retrorenal. (After Poirier et Charpy, Traite" d'Anat. 

 hum., Paris, 1901, 2 ed., t. v. p. 10, Fig. 6.) 



Diaphragma _ 



Glandula supra 



renalis 



Ren 



Retrorenal _ _ 

 layer of 

 fascia 



Prerenal layer 

 of fascia 



The perirenal fascia as seen 

 in a longitudinal section of the 

 kidney. Diagrammatic. (After 

 Poirier et Charpy, Traite 1 d'Anat. 

 hum., Paris, 1901, 2 ed., t. v. p. 11, 

 Fig. 7.) 



FIG. 269. 



Int. colon- - 



Peritonaeum parietale 



Prerenal fascia -- 

 Retrorenal fascia 



Mesocolon 



Int. colon 



Peritonaeum parietale ^ 



i 



Prerenal fascia _ . 

 Retrorenal fascia - - 



The formation of the "fascia of Toldt." The colon being pushed into the posterolateral part of 

 the abdominal cavity, (B) has its mesocolon brought into contact with the posterior abdominal wall 

 with the peritoneum of which it fuses as indicated by the shading. (After Poirier et Charpy, Traite" 

 d'Anat. hum., Paris, 1901, t. v. p. 12, Figs. 8 and 9.) 



