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CLINICAL MEASUREMENT - ANNOTATIONS

The Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO), Measurement Methods Ontology (MMO), and Experimental Condition Ontology (XCO) are currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about these vocabularies please see Shimoyama et al. Three ontologies to define phenotype measurement data. Front Genet. 2012;3:87. Epub 2012 May 28 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).

Term:efferent colloid osmotic pressure
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Accession:CMO:0002978 term browser browse the term
Definition:A form of osmotic pressure exerted by proteins, notably albumin, in the efferent arteriole's plasma that tends to pull water into the circulatory system. It is the opposing force to hydrostatic pressure. It has a major effect on the pressure across the glomerular filter
Synonyms:exact_synonym: efferent arteriolar colloid osmotic pressure



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