Joint fluid is a transudate of plasma that is actively secreted by synovial cells. [ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK274/ ]
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Term information
database
cross reference
- MESH:D013582
- UMLS:C0039097 (ncithesaurus:Synovial_Fluid)
- NCIT:C33718
- TAO:0005154
- BTO:0001339
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial_fluid
- ZFA:0005154
- MA:0002544
- FMA:12277
- CALOHA:TS-0996
- GAID:265
- galen:SynovialFluid
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0039097
- ENVO:02000039
Subsets
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
definition
- Joint fluid is a transudate of plasma that is actively secreted by synovial cells.
external definition
- Portion of organism substance that is a clear fluid that occupies the space in synovial joints.[TAO]
function notes
- It provides nutrients and lubrication for articular cartilage
has exact synonym
- joint fluid
has obo namespace
- uberon
id
- UBERON:0001090
structure notes
- The fluid contains hyaluronan secreted by fibroblast-like cells in the synovial membrane, lubricin (proteoglycan 4; PRG4) secreted by the surface chondrocytes of the articular cartilage and interstitial fluid filtered from the blood plasma