Juxtaglomerular Apparatus

Preferred Label : Juxtaglomerular Apparatus;

NCIt definition : Cellular population adjacent to the renal corpuscle, composed of the macula densa, the juxtaglomerular cells, and the extraglomerular mesangial cells. It regulates the blood pressure by activating the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.;

Details

Origin ID

C32891;

UMLS CUI

C0022445;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Kidney [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Juxtaglomerular complex [FMA entity]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [UBERON concept]
Contains anatomical structure(s)
- Extraglomerular Mesangial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Juxtaglomerular Cell [NCIt concept]
- Macula Densa [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Juxtaglomerular apparatus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [MeSH Descriptor]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [MeSH concept]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Juxtaglomerular apparatus structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Juxtaglomerular complex [FMA entity]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [UBERON concept]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [MeSH concept]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [MeSH Descriptor]
- juxtaglomerular apparatus [SNOMED Notion]

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