renal glomerulus

Term ID

UBERON:0000074

Synonyms

• glomerular capillary tuft
• glomerular tuft
• glomerulus
• glomerulus renis
• Malphigian glomerulus
• Malpighian glomerulus
• Malpighian tuft
• renal corpuscle
• renal glomeruli

Definition

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

References

• BTO:0000530
• CALOHA:TS-0862
• EFO:0003667
• EMAPA:28329
• EV:0100386
• MA:0001657
• MESH:D007678
• NCIT:C13250
• TAO:0001288
• UMLS:C0022663
• ZFA:0001288
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0022663
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362217000

Ontology

Cell Ontology