| Preferred Name |
macula densa |
| Definitions |
The macula densa is an area of specialized cells in the distal tubule that makes contact with the vascular pole of the glomerulus[GO]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002335 |
| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:244657003 FMA:86333 EMAPA:28399 MA:0002603 Wikipedia:Macula_densa NCIT:C33043 UMLS:C0227662 BTO:0003940 |
| definition |
The macula densa is an area of specialized cells in the distal tubule that makes contact with the vascular pole of the glomerulus[GO]. |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0002335 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
macula densa |
| notation |
UBERON:0002335 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
macula densa |
| present_in_taxon | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
not part of a nephron or distal tubule in MA and FMA |
| subClassOf |