ALBUGINEA

(Lat.),n.f. A?1(a?1)-bu?(bu)- ’e?-a8, Fem. of adj. albugineus (tunica understood). Fr.,albuginée. Ger., wei e Haut. It.,Sp., albuginea. A layer of firm, white fibrous ti ue forming the investment of an organ or part. [L.Jj—A. epididymidos. Fr., albuginée de Vépididyme. Ger., wei e Haut des Nebenhodens. It., albuginea dell’ epididimo. Sp., albuginea del epididimo. The fibrous coat of the epididymis, resembling the A. testis, but much le firm and Bone |B, 125.]—A. lien is. Fr., albuginée de la rate. Ger., wei e Haut der Milz. It.,albuginea dell a milza. Sp. albuginea del bazo. Syn.: tunica propria of the spleen. The white, highly elastic fibrous coat, lying realy beneath the serous investment of the spleen, and sending into the interior of the organ trabecular projections which serve as sheaths for the splenic ve els. It contains numerous elastic fibres and a variable amount of unstriped muscular ti ue. [B.]—A. oculi. Fr., albuginée de Veil, Ger., wei e Haut des Auges. It., albuginea del occhio. Sp., albuinea del ojo. The sclerotic. [L.J—A. ovarii. Fr., albuginée de l'ovaire. Ger., wei e Haut des Eierstocks. It, albuginea dell’ ovario. Sp., albuginea de los ovarios. The layer of firm fibrous ti ue Wing beneath the epithelial covering of the ovary. It is not properly a distinct tunic, but a of the ovarian stroma distinguished from the rest by its density. [Quain Cy penis..., albuginée de la verge. Ger., wei e Haut der männlichen Ruthe. It., albuginea del pene (o dell a verga). Sp., albuginea del pene (6 del miembro viril). A strong, very elastic white fibrous coat, forming an investment common to both corpora cavernosa of the penis, and also furnishing for each corpus caver no sum a separate sheath from which fibrous trabeculæ pus into the interior of this body. [Quain (B).J—A. renum. Fr., albuginée des reins. Ger., wei e Haut der Nieren, It., albuginea dei ren i. Sp., albuginea de los riñones. The fibrous capsule of the kidneys; a firm, thin coat of fibrous ti ue, enveloping the Lu and readily separable from the latter under normal conditions. [B.]—A. testiculi, A. testis. Fr., albuginée du testicule. Ger., wei e Haut des Hodens. It., albuginea del testicolo. Sp, albuginea de los testiculos. Often called simply a. and tunica a. e dense, thick, w yielding layer of white fibrous ae beneath the tunica vaginal is and completely investing the ly of the testicle. It gives off at its posterior border a prolongation into the substance of the testis, forming an Loue vertical sep (the corpus Highmori or mediastinum testis), from which again are given off fibrous cords pa ing to the inner surface of the a. testis and dividing the gland more or le completely into lobules. The a. testis affords a suppare for the ve els of the testicle, which ramify upon the inner surface of this membrane and along its fibrous prolongations, forming a network called the tunica vasculosa. [Quain (B).