Term Name: glomerular capillary
Synonyms: blood capillary of renal glomerulus, capillary of renal glomerulus, capillary vessel of renal glomerulus, glomerular capillaries, glomerular capillary system, renal glomerulus blood capillary, renal glomerulus capillary, renal glomerulus capillary vessel
Definition: the small branching blood vessels in the kidney glomerulus that receives blood from the kidney afferent arterioles; these capillaries are under high pressure for filtering within the glomerulus
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0004212]

Relationships
is part of: renal glomerulus renal glomerulus vasculature
has parts: glomerular capillary endothelium
is a type of: capillary kidney capillary
has subtype: mesonephric glomerular capillary metanephric glomerular capillary pronephric glomerular capillary