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Tissues > Membranes > Basement Membrane > Glomerular Basement Membrane
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Glomerular Basement Membrane
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Glomerular Basement Membrane
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Glomerular Basement Membrane
Cardiovascular System > Glomerular Filtration Barrier > Glomerular Basement Membrane
... > Urogenital System > Urinary Tract > Kidney > Kidney Cortex > Kidney Glomerulus > Glomerular Filtration Barrier > Glomerular Basement Membrane
... > Urogenital System > Urinary Tract > Kidney > Nephrons > Kidney Glomerulus > Glomerular Filtration Barrier > Glomerular Basement Membrane

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Glomerular Basement Membrane  

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Scope note

  • The layer of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX that lies between the ENDOTHELIUM of the glomerular capillaries and the PODOCYTES of the inner or visceral layer of the BOWMAN CAPSULE. It is the product of these two cell types. It acts as a physical barrier and an ion-selective filter.

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  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050533

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