Term Name: renal glomerulus
Synonyms: glomerular capillary tuft, glomerular tuft, glomerulus, glomerulus renis, Malphigian glomerulus, Malpighian glomerulus, Malpighian tuft, renal corpuscle, renal glomeruli
Definition: 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 vertebrate kidney[GO].
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0000074]

Relationships
develops from: glomerular tuft
is part of: renal corpuscle
has parts: glomerular basement membrane glomerular capillary glomerular cell glomerular endothelial cell glomerular endothelium glomerular epithelium mesangium renal glomerulus vasculature
is a type of: mesoderm-derived structure organ part
has subtype: mesonephric glomerulus metanephric glomerulus pronephric glomerulus
disjoint_from: neural glomerulus