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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:glomerular mesangium
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Accession:UBERON:0002320 term browser browse the term
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.
Synonyms:xref: EMAPA:27961;   FMA:84140;   GAID:430;   MA:0002606;   MESH:D005920;   SCTID:244574009;   Wikipedia:Glomerular_mesangium
 external_ontology: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          mesoderm-derived structure 0
            glomerular mesangium 0
              mesonephric glomerular mesangium 0
              metanephric glomerular mesangium 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  epiblast (generic) 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        mesoderm 0
                          intermediate mesoderm 0
                            urogenital fold 0
                              nephrogenic cord 0
                                rostral part of nephrogenic cord 0
                                  pronephros 0
                                    mesonephros 0
                                      mesonephric epithelium 0
                                        mesonephric tubule 0
                                          mesonephric duct 0
                                            metanephric mesenchyme 0
                                              glomerular tuft 0
                                                renal glomerulus 0
                                                  mesangium 0
                                                    glomerular mesangium 0
                                                      mesonephric glomerular mesangium 0
                                                      metanephric glomerular mesangium 0
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