glomerular capsule

Term ID

UBERON:0001230

Synonyms

• Bowman's capsule
• Bowmans capsule
• capsula glomerularis
• capsula glomeruli
• Malphigian capsule
• Malpighian capsule
• Mueller capsule
• Muellerian capsule
• pronephric glomerular capsule
• renal glomerular capsule

Definition

A cup-like sac at the expanded beginning of a tubular component of a nephron that contains the glomerulus (2)

References

• AAO:0010526
• BTO:0002297
• Bowman%27s:capsule
• EMAPA:27973
• EMAPA:28257
• KUPO:0001001
• MA:0001660
• NCIT:C32225
• TAO:0005254
• TAO:0005310
• UMLS:C0524448
• ZFA:0005254
• ZFA:0005310
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0524448
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361331000

Ontology

Cell Ontology