Glomerular basement membrane
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| Glomerular basement membrane | |
|---|---|
| Glomerulus. (Diagram in French, but "Membrane basale glomerulaire et ses podocytes" labeled near center.) | |
| MeSH | glomerular+basement+membrane |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_08/12522684 |
The glomerular basement membrane is the basal laminal portion of the glomerulus which performs the actual filtration though the filtration slits between the podocytes , separating the blood on the inside from the urine on the outside.
[edit] Pathology
- Goodpasture's syndrome is also known as "anti-glomerular basement membrane disease".
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Physiology at MCG 7/7ch04/7ch04p07 - "Basement Membrane"
- "The GBM and its disorders" at dmed.ed.ac.uk
- Histology at harvard.edu
- Structure at wramc.army.mi
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