cap's ula, gen. and pi. cap's ulce

[L. dim. of Capsa, a chest or box.] A capsule in any sense. Specifically the internal capsule, capsula"" intern a. c. adipo'sa [BNA], the per i renal fat. c.articula'- ris, joint-capsule; a fibrous sac, with synovial lining, enclosing a joint, c. exter'na, external capsule, a thin lamina of white substance separating the claustrum from the putamen or lateral portion of the lenticular nucleus; it joins the internal capsule at either extremity of the putamen, forming a capsule of white matter of the lenticular nucleus, c. fibro'sa hep'at is, Gli on's capsule, a thin layer of connective ti ue surrounding the structures in the porta hepatis and forming a layer on the surface of the liver t. glomer'uU, Bowman's capsule, Malpighian capsule, the expanded beginning of a small tubule surrounding a tuft of capillary ve els, the two constituting a Malpighian corpuscle, c. inter'na, internal capsule, a layer of white substances separating the caudate nucleus and thalamus from the lentictilar nucleus (thalamic region) and also the hypothalamus from, the lenticular limbs—an nucleus {sub thalamic region) it consists of two H posterior (pars occipital is join at an obtuse angle (genu or knee of the internal capsvile) opening laterally (externally) in the horizontal plane; it joins the external capsule in front of and behind the putamen, thus forming a white *capsule of the lenticular nucleus, c. len'tls [BNA], crystalline capsule, capsule of the crystalline lens. c. nu'clei dent a'ti [BNA], a corrugated lamina of gray matter enclosing the central white substance of the nucleus dentatus.