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 MP:0005325 ]
Synonyms: renal glomeruli
Term information
- EMAPA:28329
- MESH:D007678
- EFO:0003667
- ZFA:0001288
- EV:0100386
- NCIT:C13250
- UMLS:C0022663 (ncithesaurus:Glomerulus)
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0022663
- FMA:15624
- CALOHA:TS-0862
- BTO:0000530
- TAO:0001288
- MA:0001657
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362217000
efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
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
- surrounded_by some glomerular capsule
- develops_from some glomerular tuft
- part of some renal corpuscle