New foliage emerges from a fibrous sheath which remains attached to the base.

The epineurium is made up of collagen fibers and forms a tough fibrous sheath.

This plaque forms a fibrous sheath around the hyaloid artery where it leaves the optic disc.

In some cases, a fibrous sheath may have formed around the implant, in which case the sheath must be incised.

Benign tumors are typically surrounded by an outer surface (fibrous sheath of connective tissue) or remain with the epithelium.

Zuckerkandl's fascia or fascia retrorenalis is a fibrous sheath covering the posterior side of the kidney.

The deeper part of each slip subdivides into two processes, which are inserted into the fibrous sheaths of the flexor tendons.

The thyroid gland is covered by a thin fibrous sheath, the capsula glandulae thyroidea, composed of an internal and external layer.

The fascia latae is a fibrous sheath that encircles the thigh like a subcutaneous stocking and tightly binds its muscles.

Bergmeister's papilla is a remnant of the hyaloid artery fibrous sheath and is frequently observed as an incidental clinical finding.

They have cartilaginous skulls (although the part surrounding the brain is composed primarily of a fibrous sheath) and tooth-like structures composed of keratin.

At the lower part of the thoracic region the deep fascia is well-developed, and is continuous with the fibrous sheaths of the recti abdominis.

However, they are now recognized to not share histological composition to that of the notochord found in chordates, lacking the fibrous sheath characteristic of a notochord.

A large, open-bore trocar, the size of a knitting needle, was pushed through the fibrous sheath surrounding the soft disk that separated the fifth and sixth thoracic vertebrae.

The axillary sheath is a fibrous sheath that encloses the first portion of the axillary artery, together with the axillary vein and the brachial plexus.

It ascends obliquely and laterally, posterior to the inguinal ligament, contained in a fibrous sheath formed by the junction of the transversalis fascia and iliac fascia.

In the axilla, the nerves of the brachial plexus and the axillary artery are enclosed together in a fibrous sheath which is a continuation of the deep cervical fascia.

The body tapers from above downward, is convex posteriorly, concave in front from above downward, flat from side to side; its sides are marked by rough areas which give attachment to the fibrous sheaths of the flexor tendons.

A recent study of twelve subjects suggests that in the majority of individuals, this cranial component does not make any distinct connection to the spinal component; the roots of these distinct components were separated by a fibrous sheath in all but one subject.