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]. [ MP:0005325 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus ]
Term information
- UMLS:C0022663 (ncithesaurus:Glomerulus)
- NCIT:C13250
- MA:0001657
- ZFA:0001288
- EV:0100386
- EMAPA:28329
- FMA:15624
- TAO:0001288
- BTO:0000530
- Wikipedia:Glomerulus
- EFO:0003667
- MESH:D007678
- SCTID:362217000
- CALOHA:TS-0862
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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].
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?
glomerulus renis
glomerular capillary tuft
Malphigian glomerulus
glomerular tuft
renal corpuscle
Malpighian glomerulus
Malpighian tuft
Term relations
- organ part
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops from some glomerular tuft
- surrounded by some glomerular capsule
- part of some renal corpuscle