visceral layer of glomerular capsule
Term info
visceral layer of glomerular capsule
inconsistent_with_fma, pheno_slim
The inner, or visceral, layer of the renal glomerular capsule, overlying the capillaries, composed of podocytes, and separated from the outer, or parietal, layer by the capsular (Bowman's) space[BTO]. Lies just above the thickened glomerular basement membrane and is made of podocytes. Beneath the visceral layer lie the glomerular capillaries[WP]. inner layer of the glomerular capsule surrounding the capillary endothelial cells and composed of highly specialized epithelial cells (podocytes) that are separated by filtration slits; the visceral layer is separated from the outer parietal layer by the urinary space (also known as the Bowman's or capsular space)[MP].
TODO - check - the BTO class 'glomerular epithelium' is the visceral layer. But GO uses 'glomerular epithelium' as the mereological sum of P+V layers
visceral layer of Bowman's capsule, podocyte layer of Bowman's capsule, inner epithelial layer of Bowman's capsule, visceral epithelium of Bowman's capsule, glomerular capsule visceral layer, Bowman's visceral epithelium, visceral layer of glomerular capsule
uberon
UBERON:0005751
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
- nephron epithelium
- part of some glomerular capsule
- adjacent to some Bowman's space
- has part some glomerular visceral epithelial cell
- contributes to morphology of some glomerular capsule