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Descriptor English: Kidney Glomerulus
Descriptor Spanish: Glomérulos Renales
Descriptor glomérulos renales
Entry term(s) glomérulos de Malpighi
Scope note: Capilares en forma de penachos que se proyectan hacia las terminaciones dilatadas, o cápsulas, de cada uno de los túbulos renales de la nefrona, los cuales en conjunto son rodeados por una cápsula (cápsula glomerular) lo que da lugar al corpúsculo renal. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Glomérulos Renais
Descriptor French: Glomérule rénal
Entry term(s): Glomerulus, Kidney
Tree number(s): A05.810.453.324.359
A05.810.453.736.520
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007678
Scope note: A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Glomerular Filtration Rate MeSH
Renal Blood Flow, Effective MeSH
Renal Plasma Flow, Effective MeSH
DeCS ID: 7853
Unique ID: D007678
NLM Classification: WJ 301
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Kidney Glomerulus - Preferred
Concept UI M0012018
Scope note A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue.
Preferred term Kidney Glomerulus
Entry term(s) Glomerulus, Kidney



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