The capillary loops of the kidney that normally function as a filtration unit[MP]. [ MP:0005325 http://www.gudmap.org/About/Tutorial/DevMUS.html#DMK_Nephron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus ]
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...Soon afterwards, endothelial cells invade to make a capillary knot-like outgrowth, the glomerular tuft, which goes on to form the glomerulus
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- organ part
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some glomerular capsule
- develops_from some metanephric mesenchyme