glomerular mesangium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002320
A thin membrane which helps to support the capillary loops in a renal glomerulus. It is connective tissue composed of mesangial cells - myofibroblasts phenotypically related to vascular smooth muscle cells (muscle, smooth, vascular), phagocytes and the mesangial extracellular matrix. [ MESH:A05.810.453.736.520.380 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerular_mesangium ]
Term info
- MA:0002606
- EMAPA:27961
- MESH:D005920
- EMAPA:28248
- SCTID:244574009
- FMA:84140
- GAID:430
- Wikipedia:Glomerular_mesangium
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uberon
UBERON:0002320
Glomerular mesangium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- stroma
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some mesangium
- part of some renal glomerulus vasculature
- contributes to morphology of some renal glomerulus