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]. [ MP:0005325 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomerulus ]
Synonyms: renal glomeruli
Term information
- TAO:0001288
- NCIT:C13250
- FMA:15624
- EMAPA:28329
- EFO:0003667
- Wikipedia:Glomerulus
- MESH:D007678
- ZFA:0001288
- MA:0001657
- BTO:0000530
- CALOHA:TS-0862
- SCTID:362217000
- EV:0100386
efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
glomerulus renis
glomerular capillary tuft
Malpighian glomerulus
Malpighian tuft
Term relations
- organ part
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops from some glomerular tuft
- surrounded by some glomerular capsule
- part of some renal corpuscle