Glomerular mesangium
System
Urinary
SNOMED CT
244574009
Glomerular mesangium
Definition
A thin membrane which helps to support the capillary loops in a renal glomerulus. It is connective tissue composed of mesangial cells - myofibroblasts phenotypically related to vascular smooth muscle cells (muscle, smooth, vascular), phagocytes and the mesangial extracellular matrix.
The Glomerular mesangium is a part of the Urinary.