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Bowman's space

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A narrow chalice-shaped cavity between the glomerular and capsular epithelium of the glomerular capsule of the kidney[TFD]. Between the visceral and parietal layers, into which the filtrate enters after passing through the podocytes' filtration slits[WP]. luminal region between the glomerular capsule visceral and parietal layers, into which filtrate enters after passing through the filtration barrier from the glomerular capillaries[MP] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman's_space http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/bowman's+space ]

Term info

Label

Bowman's space

Synonyms
  • Bowman's space
  • capsular space
  • glomerular capsule space
  • glomerular urinary space
  • inter-glomerular space
  • pronephric capsular space
  • renal capsular space
  • urinary space
  • urinary space of renal corpuscle
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

editor note

TODO - fix ZFA

external definition

Space between the renal glomerulus and the glomerular capsule. Renal filtrate collects here then passes into the renal tubule.[TAO]

has related synonym

Bowmanb%s space

id

UBERON:0001286