glomerular mesangium

Preferred Label : glomerular mesangium;

Uberon definition : A thin membrane which helps to support the capillary loops in a renal glomerulus. It is connective tissue composed of mesangial cells - myofibroblasts phenotypically related to vascular smooth muscle cells (MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR), PHAGOCYTES and the mesangial EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX.;

Details

Origin ID

0002320;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire glomerular mesangium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Glomerular mesangium [FMA entity]
- Structure of glomerular mesangium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- glomerular mesangium [SNOMED Notion]
- glomerular mesangium [MeSH concept]
- glomerular mesangium [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire glomerular mesangium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Glomerular mesangium [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- renal glomerulus [UBERON concept]
part of
- mesangium [UBERON concept]
- renal glomerulus vasculature [UBERON concept]
produces
- mesangial matrix [UBERON concept]

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