First published 1921; not fully revised
zona glomerulosanoun
Factsheet
Where does the noun zona glomerulosa come from?
Earliest known use
1870s
The earliest known use of the noun zona glomerulosa is in the 1870s.
OED's earliest evidence for zona glomerulosa is from 1874, in Dunglison's Medical Lexicon.
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Meaning & use
- 1874–See zona n. Compounds.
- 1874
Zona reticularis... This term has been applied..to the inner layer, as Zona glomerulosa has been to the outer layer, of the stroma of the cortical part of the suprarenal capsule. The main portion he [sc. J. Arnold] calls Zona fasciculata.
Dunglison's Med. Lexicon (revised edition) - 1965
The zona glomerulosa secretes mineralocorticoid.
J. Lee & F. Knowles, Animal Hormones iv. 70
- pelvis1679–Anatomy. The expanded portion at the top of the ureter, into which the kidney tubules open. Also pelvis of the kidney.
- renal pelvis1757–= pelvis, n. 2.
- suprarenal1798–A suprarenal gland; = adrenal, n. Formerly also: †a suprarenal (adrenal) artery (obsolete).
- Malpighian body1842–Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… (a) A glomerulus of the kidney together…
- Malpighian capsule1842–66Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… = Bowman's capsule at Bowman, n.³ Obsolete…
- Malpighian tuft1842–78Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… A glomerulus of the kidney. Obsolete.
- collecting duct1846–A tubular structure that conveys a fluid or other substance away from its place of origin; spec. any of a system of tubules that convey urine…
- Malpighian corpuscle1848–Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… = Malpighian body n. at sense 1a.
- adrenal1863–An adrenal gland.
- zona fasciculata1874–
- zona glomerulosa1874–
- zona reticularis1874–The middle, outer, and inner layers respectively of the cortex of the adrenal gland.
- Bowman's capsule1882–Used in the possessive in Bowman's capsule: a Malpighian capsule; Bowman's glands: tubular glands in the olfactory mucous membrane; Bowman's membrane…
- Malpighian pyramid1889–Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… A renal pyramid (pyramid, n. I.6a(a)). Now…
- fore-kidney1892–= pronephros, n.
- adrenal medulla1900–The inner region of the adrenal gland, composed of chromaffin cells of neural crest origin that synthesize and secrete the catecholamines…
- spongiocyte1930–Any cell of a type found in the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex, whose cytoplasm contains droplets of lipid which when removed give the…
- mesangium1934–The central, intercapillary region of a renal glomerulus, consisting of specialized connective tissue cells and matrix; (also) a region of similar…
- lacis1961–Histology. A network of palely staining cells with branching processes, located in the mesangial part of the juxtaglomerular apparatus. Frequently…
- lacis cell1962–A type of cell with palely staining cytoplasm and branching processes, found in the mesangial part of the juxtaglomerular apparatus; a mesangial cell.
- nephron1965–Any of the numerous functional units of a kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule through which the glomerular filtrate…