loading...| Preferred Name | Glomerulus | |
| Synonyms |
renal glomerulus Malpighian Tuft Renal Glomerulus GLOMERULUS Glomerular Glomerulus |
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| Definitions |
A tuft of capillaries situated at the entrance to each nephron, within the Bowman's capsule. This tuft functions as the first stage in filtering blood in the kidney. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13250 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue. A tiny, round cluster of blood vessels within the kidneys. It filters the blood to reabsorb useful materials and remove waste as urine. |
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| code |
C13250 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
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| DEFINITION |
A tuft of capillaries situated at the entrance to each nephron, within the Bowman's capsule. This tuft functions as the first stage in filtering blood in the kidney. |
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| FULL_SYN |
renal glomerulus Malpighian Tuft Renal Glomerulus GLOMERULUS Glomerular Glomerulus |
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| label |
Glomerulus |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Glomerulus |
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| Preferred_Name |
Glomerulus |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C13250 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0022663 |
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| subClassOf |