zona glomerulosa, n.

zona-glomerulosa
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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

1. 1874–
   See zona n. Compounds.
   1. 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)
   2. 1965

      > The zona glomerulosa secretes mineralocorticoid.

      J. Lee & F. Knowles, Animal Hormones iv. 70
   anatomy
   1. pelvis 1679–
      Anatomy. The expanded portion at the top of the ureter, into which the kidney tubules open. Also pelvis of the kidney.
   2. renal pelvis 1757–
      = pelvis, n. 2.
   3. suprarenal 1798–
      A suprarenal gland; = adrenal, n. Formerly also: †a suprarenal (adrenal) artery (obsolete).
   4. Malpighian body 1842–
      Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… (a) A glomerulus of the kidney together…
   5. Malpighian capsule 1842–66
      Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… = Bowman's capsule at Bowman, n.³ Obsolete…
   6. Malpighian tuft 1842–78
      Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… A glomerulus of the kidney. Obsolete.
   7. collecting duct 1846–
      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…
   8. Malpighian corpuscle 1848–
      Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… = Malpighian body n. at sense 1a.
   9. adrenal 1863–
      An adrenal gland.
   10. zona fasciculata 1874–
   11. zona glomerulosa 1874–
   12. zona reticularis 1874–
       The middle, outer, and inner layers respectively of the cortex of the adrenal gland.
   13. Bowman's capsule 1882–
       Used in the possessive in Bowman's capsule: a Malpighian capsule; Bowman's glands: tubular glands in the olfactory mucous membrane; Bowman's membrane…
   14. Malpighian pyramid 1889–
       Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… A renal pyramid (pyramid, n. I.6a(a)). Now…
   15. fore-kidney 1892–
       = pronephros, n.
   16. adrenal medulla 1900–
       The inner region of the adrenal gland, composed of chromaffin cells of neural crest origin that synthesize and secrete the catecholamines…
   17. spongiocyte 1930–
       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…
   18. mesangium 1934–
       The central, intercapillary region of a renal glomerulus, consisting of specialized connective tissue cells and matrix; (also) a region of similar…
   19. lacis 1961–
       Histology. A network of palely staining cells with branching processes, located in the mesangial part of the juxtaglomerular apparatus. Frequently…
   20. lacis cell 1962–
       A type of cell with palely staining cytoplasm and branching processes, found in the mesangial part of the juxtaglomerular apparatus; a mesangial cell.
   21. nephron 1965–
       Any of the numerous functional units of a kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule through which the glomerular filtrate…
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Originally published as part of the entry for zona, n.

zona, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.