loading...| Preferred Name | glomerular capsule | |
| Synonyms |
capsula glomeruli Malpighian capsule pronephric glomerular capsule Bowman's capsule Mueller capsule Muellerian capsule Malphigian capsule renal glomerular capsule capsula glomerularis Bowmans capsule |
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| Definitions |
A cup-like sac at the expanded beginning of a tubular component of a nephron that contains the glomerulus. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001230 |
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| capable of part of | ||
| contributes to morphology of | ||
| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:27973 Wikipedia:Bowman%27s_capsule EMAPA:28257 SCTID:361331000 NCIT:C32225 BTO:0002297 ZFA:0005254 KUPO:0001001 ZFA:0005310 UMLS:C0524448 TAO:0005254 AAO:0010526 TAO:0005310 FMA:15626 MA:0001660 |
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| definition |
A cup-like sac at the expanded beginning of a tubular component of a nephron that contains the glomerulus. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Gray1130.svg |
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| development_notes |
One fold of the S-shaped body gives rise to Bowman's capsule[GUDMAP] |
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| develops_from | ||
| external_definition |
Anatomical structure found in the kidney consisting of an expanded end of a kidney tubule surrounding a glomerulus and is the major site of filtration.[AAO] |
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| function_notes |
Fluids from blood in the glomerulus are collected in the Bowman's capsule and further processed along the nephron to form urine. This process is known as ultrafiltration[WP]. |
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| functionally related to | ||
| has_exact_synonym |
renal glomerular capsule Bowman's capsule capsula glomerularis Bowmans capsule |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
capsula glomeruli Malpighian capsule pronephric glomerular capsule Bowman's capsule Mueller capsule Muellerian capsule Malphigian capsule |
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| id |
UBERON:0001230 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
glomerular capsule |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001230 |
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| overlaps | ||
| part_of | ||
| prefLabel |
glomerular capsule |
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