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mesonephric glomerulus

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The mesonephric glomerulus is 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 mature vertebrate kidney, or mesonephros[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0061224 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • EMAPA:30568
  • XAO:0000146
  • VHOG:0001238
  • AAO:0010388
  • SCTID:362217000
UBPROP 0000001

A tuft of capillaries found in a Bowman's capsule in which waste products are filtered from the blood and urine formation is initiated.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

In animals in which the mesonephros is the terminal kidney, such as amphibians and fish, the final organ is very complex, containing a large number of nephrons, most of which have an internal glomerulus.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000012

XAO/AAO class belongs here, as it refers to mesonephric structure

has broad synonym

glomerulus

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UBERON:0005325