| Name: | renal glomerulus |
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| Synonyms: | glomerular capillary tuft, renal glomeruli |
| Definition: | The multi-tissue structure where the glomerular basement membrane supported by mesonephric podocytes, filters blood from the glomerular capillaries. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001288] |
| Name: | glomerular filtration |
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| Definition: | The process in which plasma is filtered through the glomerular membrane which consists of capillary endothelial cells, the basement membrane, and epithelial cells. The glomerular filtrate is the same as plasma except it has no significant amount of protein. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0003094] QuickGO AmiGO |