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renal glomerulus
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A capillary tuft which forms a close network with the visceral epithelium (podocytes) and the mesangium to form the filtration barrier and is surrounded by Bowman's capsule in nephrons of the vertebrate kidney[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus ]
Term info
Label
renal glomerulus
Synonyms
- renal glomeruli
Subsets
efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
contributor
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737
creation date
2009-06-18T09:26:37Z
depicted by
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Renal_corpuscle.svg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray1130.svg
external ontology notes
ZFA - The multi-tissue structure where the glomerular basement membrane supported by mesonephric podocytes filters blood from the glomerular capillaries. GUDMAP: 'Together, the Bowman's capsule and the glomerulus comprise the definitive renal corpuscle.' - here the glomerulus is part of the capsule?
has broad synonym
glomerulus
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
glomerulus renis, glomerular capillary tuft, Malphigian glomerulus, glomerular tuft, renal corpuscle, Malpighian glomerulus, Malpighian tuft
id
UBERON:0000074