Capsule

(kap’-siil) [dim. of caps a, a chest]. A receptacle or bag. In pharmacy, a small, spheroidal shell composed of glycerol and gelatin, divided so that the parts fit together like a box and cover. It is used for the administration of nauseous medicines. C, Atrabiliary. See C., Suprarenal. C, Bonnet’s, the posterior portion of the sheath of the eyeball. C, Bowman’s, the covering of the tuft of ve els of a renal glomerulus. It is the beginning of the uriniferous tubule. C, External, a layer of white nerve-fibers forming part of the external boundary of the lenticular nucleus. C. of Gli on, the connective-ti ue sheath of the hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile-duct. C, Internal, a layer of nerve-fibers on the outer side of the optic thalamus and caudate nucleus, which it separates from the lenticular nucleus, and containing the continuation upward of the crus cerebri. C. of the Lens, a transparent, structurele membrane enclosing the lens of the eye. C, Malpighian, the commencement of the uriniferous tubules. See C, Bowman’’ s. C, Mueller’s. See C, Bowman’s. C, Suprarenal, the ductle , glandular body at the apex of each kidney. C. of Tenon, the tunica vaginal is of the eye. 173