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renal glomerulus

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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

database cross reference
  • FMA:15624
  • BTO:0000530
  • Wikipedia:Glomerulus
  • CALOHA:TS-0862
  • SCTID:362217000
  • EV:0100386
  • EFO:0003667
  • EMAPA:28329
  • NCIT:C13250
  • UMLS:C0022663 (ncithesaurus:Glomerulus)
  • MA:0001657
  • TAO:0001288
  • MESH:D007678
  • ZFA:0001288
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000012

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?

contributor

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737

creation date

2009-06-18T09:26:37Z

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Renal_corpuscle.svg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray1130.svg

has related synonym

glomerulus renis, glomerular capillary tuft, Malphigian glomerulus, glomerular tuft, renal corpuscle, Malpighian glomerulus, Malpighian tuft

has broad synonym

glomerulus

id

UBERON:0000074

prefLabel

Glomerulus