glomerular capsule
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001230
A cup-like sac at the expanded beginning of a tubular component of a nephron that contains the glomerulus. [ MP:0002828 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman%27s_capsule http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/pvb ]
Synonyms: Bowmans capsule, renal glomerular capsule, Bowman's capsule, capsula glomerularis
Term info
- AAO:0010526
- Wikipedia:Bowman%27s_capsule
- BTO:0002297
- TAO:0005254
- EMAPA:27973
- NCIT:C32225
- ZFA:0005254
- UMLS:C0524448 (ncithesaurus:Bowman_s_Capsule)
- SCTID:361331000
- MA:0001660
- KUPO:0001001
- FMA:15626
- ZFA:0005310
- EMAPA:28257
- TAO:0005310
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Anatomical structure found in the kidney consisting of an expanded end of a kidney tubule surrounding a glomerulus and is the major site of filtration.[AAO]
Fluids from blood in the glomerulus are collected in the Bowman's capsule and further processed along the nephron to form urine. This process is known as ultrafiltration[WP].
One fold of the S-shaped body gives rise to Bowman's capsule[GUDMAP]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray1130.svg
Malphigian capsule, Bowman's capsule, capsula glomeruli, Muellerian capsule, Mueller capsule, pronephric glomerular capsule, Malpighian capsule
uberon
UBERON:0001230
Glomerular capsule
Term relations
- Cardinal organ part
- anatomical entity
- develops from some S-shaped body
- contributes to morphology of some renal corpuscle
- capable of part of some glomerular filtration
- part of some renal corpuscle