mesangium
inner layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesangium http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=76834&atid=974957 ]
Term info
mesangium
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
WP considers this the same as glomerular mesangium. In MA, glomerular and extraglomerular are distingsuished. FMA class has no definition and is a type of stroma, which is inconsistent with our classification of this here.
uberon
mesangial
UBERON:0002319
Term relations
- material entity
- cell layer
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some kidney interstitium
- part of some renal glomerulus
- located in some glomerular basement membrane