| anti-glomerular basement membrane disease | Glomerulonephritis, usually of a generalised proliferative crescent-forming histologic type with a rapidly progressive course, marked by circulating anti-gbm antibodies and linear deposits of immunoglobulin and complement along the glomerular basement membrane. When associated with pulmonary haemorrhage the condition is called goodpasture syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| anti-basement membrane antibody | Autoantibodies to renal glomerular basement membrane antigens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-basement membrane glomerulonephritis | Glomerulonephritis resulting from anti-basement membrane antibodies, characterised by smooth linear deposits of IgG and C3 along glomerular capillary walls; includes rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and glomerulonephritis in Goodpasture's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-basement membrane nephritis | Glomerulonephritis produced by autologous or heterologous antibodies to the glomerular capillary basement membranes, the latter known as anti-kidney serum nephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basement membrane | <cell biology> Extracellular matrix characteristically found under epithelial cells. There are two distinct layers: the basal lamina, immediately adjacent to the cells, is a product of the epithelial cells themselves and contains collagen type IV and the reticular lamina is produced by fibroblasts of the underlying connective tissue and contains fibrillar collagen. (15 Nov 1997) |
| basement | The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. (See Base, 3) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. <anatomy> Basement membrane, a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed. Origin: F. Soubassement. Of uncertain origin. Cf. Base, Bastion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basement lamina | <cell biology> Extracellular matrix characteristically found under epithelial cells. There are two distinct layers: the basal lamina, immediately adjacent to the cells, is a product of the epithelial cells themselves and contains collagen type IV and the reticular lamina is produced by fibroblasts of the underlying connective tissue and contains fibrillar collagen. (15 Nov 1997) |
| afferent glomerular arteriole | A branch of an interlobular artery of the kidney that conveys blood to the glomerulus. Synonym: arteriola glomerularis afferens, vas afferens, afferent vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomerular | <nephrology> Pertaining to or of the nature of a glomerulus, especially a renal glomerulus. (14 Oct 1997) |
| glomerular capsule | The expanded beginning of a nephron composed of an inner and outer layer: the visceral layer consists of podocytes which surround a tuft of capillaries (glomerulus); the parietal layer is simple squamous epithelium which becomes cuboidal at the tubular pole. Synonym: capsula glomeruli, Bowman's capsule, malpighian capsule, Muller's capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomerular crescent | Proliferated epithelial cells partly encircling a renal glomerulus; it occurs in glomerulonephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomerular cysts | Cyst's formed by dilatation of Bowman's capsules, found in rare cases of congenital polycystic kidneys. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomerular filtration rate | <nephrology> Measure of the kidneys' ability to filter and remove waste products. (09 Oct 1997) |
| glomerular layer of olfactory bulb | A layer composed of spherical bodies, called glomeruli, formed by the synapses of mitral cells with the olfactory nerve fibres derived from the cells of the olfactory epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glomerular mesangium | The thin membrane which helps to support the capillary loops in a renal glomerulus. (12 Dec 1998) |