mesangiumn.
/mɛsˈan(d)ʒ(ɪ)əm/, /mɛzˈan(d)ʒ(ɪ)əm/, U.S. /mɛsˈændʒiəm/ Anatomy.
The central, intercapillary region of a renal glomerulus, consisting of specialized connective tissue cells and matrix; (also) a region of similar cells in the juxtaglomerular apparatus.
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pelvis1679
renal pelvis1757
suprarenal1798
Malpighian body1842
Malpighian capsule1842
Malpighian tuft1842
Malpighian corpuscle1848
adrenal1863
zona fasciculata1874
zona glomerulosa1874
zona reticularis1874
Bowman's capsule1882
Malpighian pyramid1889
fore-kidney1892
spongiocyte1930
mesangium1934
lacis1961
lacis cell1962
nephron1965
1934 Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 55 420 Zimmermann..speaks of the ‘Polkissen’ as a mass of connective-tissue cells applied to the afferent arteriole at its entry and extending a short way along it... This connective tissue..is especially to be seen in a central position in the lobule, between the capillaries and is spoken of as the ‘mesangium’.
1967 Science 1 Dec. 1194/2 Mouse γ-globulin and β2c-globulin..were concentrated in both mesangia and capillary walls of the renal glomeruli.
1978 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 65 352 Gaucher cells were present in the mesangium of the glomeruli and the interstitium of the cortex.
1998 Kidney Internat. Suppl. No. 67. 29 The juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) is composed of the macula densa (MD), the extraglomerular mesangium, and the juxtaglomerular arterioles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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