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glomerular capillary
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the small branching blood vessels in the kidney glomerulus that receives blood from the kidney afferent arterioles; these capillaries are under high pressure for filtering within the glomerulus [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Term info
Label
glomerular capillary
Synonyms
- blood capillary of renal glomerulus
- capillary of renal glomerulus
- capillary vessel of renal glomerulus
- renal glomerulus blood capillary
- renal glomerulus capillary
- renal glomerulus capillary vessel
Subsets
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
Capillary that is part of the renal glomerulus. Glomerular capillary endothelial membranes in zebrafish normally have a fenestrated morphology that is visible at the ultrastructural level.[TAO]
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uberon
has related synonym
glomerular capillary system, glomerular capillaries
id
UBERON:0004212
Term relations
Subclass of:
- kidney capillary
- part of some renal glomerulus vasculature
- contributes to morphology of some renal glomerulus