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macula densa
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002335
The macula densa is an area of specialized cells in the distal tubule that makes contact with the vascular pole of the glomerulus[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macula_densa http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072024 ]
Term info
Label
macula densa
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
RO 0002175
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
external ontology notes
not part of a nephron or distal tubule in MA and FMA
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0002335
Term relations
Subclass of:
- epithelium
- part of some distal tubule
- part of some nephron
- part of some distal convoluted tubule
- part of some kidney