The inner (visceral) layer of the renal glomerular capsule, overlying the capillaries, composed of podocytes, and separated from the outer (parietal) layer by the capsular (Bowman's) space[BTO]. This epithelial layer is superficially adjacent to the thickened glomerular basement membrane and is made of podocytes. Beneath the visceral layer lie the glomerular capillaries[WP]. This inner epithelial layer of the glomerular capsule surrounds the capillary endothelial cells and is composed of highly specialized epithelial cells (podocytes) that are separated by filtration slits; the inner visceral layer is separated from the outer parietal layer by the urinary space (also known as the Bowman's or capsular space)[MP]. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001515 MP:0011497 ]
Synonyms: visceral layer of Bowman's capsule podocyte layer of Bowman's capsule inner epithelial layer of Bowman's capsule glomerular capsule visceral layer visceral epithelium of Bowman's capsule Bowman's visceral epithelium visceral layer of glomerular capsule
Term information
- MA:0002607
- SCTID:244093000
- NCIT:C33879
- EMAPA:28254
- FMA:74273
- UMLS:C0227644 (ncithesaurus:Visceral_Layer_of_Bowman_s_Capsule)
inconsistent_with_fma, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Formerly had rdfs:label 'visceral layer of glomerular capsule'. The current label 'glomerular visceral epithelium' was copied from UBERON:0006852, which is now obsolete since it represented the same entity as this IRI.
TODO - check - the BTO class 'glomerular epithelium' is the visceral layer. But GO uses 'glomerular epithelium' as the mereological sum of P+V layers
Term relations
- glomerular epithelium
- adjacent to some Bowman's space
- part of some glomerular capsule
- has part some podocyte
- contributes to morphology of some glomerular capsule