filtration barrier

filtration barrier
the structures in the visceral layer of the glomerular capsule of the kidney that separate the blood in the glomerular capillaries from the urinary space, consisting of the glomerular capillary membrane and the layer of podocytes, pedicels, and slit pores.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Filtration — This article is about operation of solid fluid separation. For the mathematical concept, see filtration (mathematics). For the equipment used, see Filter (disambiguation). For filtration used in winemaking, see Filtration (wine). Diagram of… …   Wikipedia

  • Renal corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = corpusculum renis GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1221 Caption = Glomerulus is red; Bowman s capsule is green. Caption2 = Distribution of bloodvessels in cortex of kidney. Precursor = System = Artery = Vein =… …   Wikipedia

  • Glomerulus — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = glomerulus renis GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1221 Caption = Glomerulus. Caption2 = Distribution of bloodvessels in cortex of kidney. Precursor = Metanephric blastema System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph …   Wikipedia

  • Nephrin — Nephrosis 1, congenital, Finnish type (nephrin) Identifiers Symbols NPHS1; CNF; NPHN; nephrin External IDs …   Wikipedia

  • Podocyte — Infobox Anatomy Name = Podocyte Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Glomerulus. (Diagram in French, but Membrane basale glomerulaire et ses podocytes labeled near center.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph =… …   Wikipedia

  • Perlecan — Heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (HSPG2), is a human gene which encodes the perlecan protein.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: HSPG2 heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView… …   Wikipedia

  • bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… …   Universalium

  • pore — 1. An opening, hole, perforation, or foramen. A p., meatus, or foramen. SEE ALSO: opening. 2. SYN: sweat p.. SEE ALSO: opening, meatus, foramen. [G. poros, passageway] alveolar pores openings in the …   Medical dictionary

  • slit diaphragm — a thin membrane that spans the slit pore of the renal glomerulus to form part of the glomerular filtration barrier. Called also slit membrane, filtration slit membrane, and podocyte slit d …   Medical dictionary

  • glomerular capillary — any of the capillaries of a renal glomerulus; see also filtration barrier, under barrier …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”