renal glomerulus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000074
A capillary tuft which forms a close network with the visceral epithelium (podocytes) and the mesangium to form the filtration barrier and is surrounded by Bowman's capsule in nephrons of the vertebrate kidney[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus MP:0005325 ]
Synonyms: renal glomeruli
Term info
- EFO:0003667
- CALOHA:TS-0862
- FMA:15624
- MESH:D007678
- BTO:0000530
- EV:0100386
- EMAPA:28329
- ZFA:0001288
- Wikipedia:Glomerulus
- UMLS:C0022663 (ncithesaurus:Glomerulus)
- TAO:0001288
- SCTID:362217000
- NCIT:C13250
- MA:0001657
efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
ZFA - The multi-tissue structure where the glomerular basement membrane supported by mesonephric podocytes filters blood from the glomerular capillaries. GUDMAP: 'Together, the Bowman's capsule and the glomerulus comprise the definitive renal corpuscle.' - here the glomerulus is part of the capsule?
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737
2009-06-18T09:26:37Z
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Renal_corpuscle.svg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray1130.svg
glomerulus renis, glomerular capillary tuft, Malphigian glomerulus, glomerular tuft, renal corpuscle, Malpighian glomerulus, Malpighian tuft
glomerulus
uberon
UBERON:0000074
Glomerulus
Term relations
- Cardinal organ part
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops from some glomerular tuft
- surrounded_by some glomerular capsule
- part of some renal corpuscle