zona glomerulosa of adrenal gland
The narrow subcapsular outer zone of the adrenal cortex where aldosterone is produced. [ MESH:A06.407.071.140.960 MP:0008293 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/llw2 ]
Synonyms: zona glomerulosa of suprarenal gland, zona glomerulosa, adrenal gland zona glomerulosa
Term info
- BTO:0000048
- Wikipedia:Zona_glomerulosa
- FMA:69225
- GAID:449
- CALOHA:TS-0017
- SCTID:21476003
- MA:0001891
- EMAPA:35115
- MESH:D015384
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glomerulosa
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UBERON:0002053
Zona glomerulosa of adrenal gland
Term relations
- adrenal gland cortex zone
- capable of some aldosterone biosynthetic process
- contributes to morphology of some adrenal cortex
- has part some adrenal cortex chromaffin cell