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Cardiovascular System > Glomerular Filtration Barrier
... > Urogenital System > Urinary Tract > Kidney > Kidney Cortex > Kidney Glomerulus > Glomerular Filtration Barrier
... > Urogenital System > Urinary Tract > Kidney > Nephrons > Kidney Glomerulus > Glomerular Filtration Barrier

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Glomerular Filtration Barrier  

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Scope note

  • A specialized barrier in the kidney, consisting of the fenestrated CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; and glomerular epithelium (PODOCYTES). The barrier prevents the filtration of PLASMA PROTEINS.

History note

  • 2012

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D060730

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