The inner (visceral) layer of the renal glomerular capsule, overlying the capillaries, composed of podocytes, and separated from the outer (parietal) layer by the capsular (Bowman's) space[BTO]. This epithelial layer is superficially adjacent to the thickened glomerular basement membrane and is made of podocytes. Beneath the visceral layer lie the glomerular capillaries[WP]. This inner epithelial layer of the glomerular capsule surrounds the capillary endothelial cells and is composed of highly specialized epithelial cells (podocytes) that are separated by filtration slits; the inner visceral layer is separated from the outer parietal layer by the urinary space (also known as the Bowman's or capsular space)[MP]. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001515 MP : 0011497 ]
Term information
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0227644
- NCIT:C33879
- UMLS:C0227644 (ncithesaurus:Visceral_Layer_of_Bowman_s_Capsule)
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/244093000
- EMAPA:28254
- MA:0002607
- FMA:74273
inconsistent_with_fma, pheno_slim
- Formerly had rdfs:label 'visceral layer of glomerular capsule'. The current label 'glomerular visceral epithelium' was copied from UBERON:0006852, which is now obsolete since it represented the same entity as this IRI.
- The inner (visceral) layer of the renal glomerular capsule, overlying the capillaries, composed of podocytes, and separated from the outer (parietal) layer by the capsular (Bowman's) space[BTO]. This epithelial layer is superficially adjacent to the thickened glomerular basement membrane and is made of podocytes. Beneath the visceral layer lie the glomerular capillaries[WP]. This inner epithelial layer of the glomerular capsule surrounds the capillary endothelial cells and is composed of highly specialized epithelial cells (podocytes) that are separated by filtration slits; the inner visceral layer is separated from the outer parietal layer by the urinary space (also known as the Bowman's or capsular space)[MP].
- TODO - check - the BTO class 'glomerular epithelium' is the visceral layer. But GO uses 'glomerular epithelium' as the mereological sum of P+V layers
- visceral layer of Bowman's capsule
- podocyte layer of Bowman's capsule
- inner epithelial layer of Bowman's capsule
- visceral epithelium of Bowman's capsule
- glomerular capsule visceral layer
- Bowman's visceral epithelium
- visceral layer of glomerular capsule
- uberon
- UBERON:0005751