Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Glis·son's capsule Pronunciation:
'glis-&nz- Function:
noun : an investment of loose connective tissue entering the liverwith the portal vessels and sheathing the larger vessels in their course through the organ called also
capsule of Glisson Glisson, Francis (1597–1677), Britishphysician and anatomist. One of the founders of the Royal Society, Glisson was a distinguished anatomist, physiologist, and clinician. His treatise of 1650 on rickets was the fullest account up to thattime. In 1654 he clearly described for the first time the capsule that now bears his name and the blood supply of the liver. Glisson is also known for introducing the idea of irritability as a specificproperty of living tissue.
