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glomerular tuft
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The capillary loops of the kidney that normally function as a filtration unit[MP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus http://www.gudmap.org/About/Tutorial/DevMUS.html#DMK_Nephron ]
Term info
Label
glomerular tuft
Subsets
pheno_slim
development notes
...Soon afterwards, endothelial cells invade to make a capillary knot-like outgrowth, the glomerular tuft, which goes on to form the glomerulus
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uberon
has related synonym
glomerular capillary tuft, glomerulus
id
UBERON:0005749
Term relations
Subclass of:
- organ part
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops from some metanephric mesenchyme
- part of some glomerular capsule
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