calculated kidney glomerulus measurement kidney glomerular density VT:0010544 2021-03-15T17:44:35Z glomerular density PMID:3199667 CMO:0003674 glomeruli count per unit area slaulede clinical_measurement_ontology glomerulus count per unit area The number of glomeruli per unit area of kidney. Based on stereological principles, the number of glomeruli per unit area of kidney equals the number of glomeruli per unit volume of kidney. Glomeruli are the tufts of capillaries each situated within a Bowman's capsule at the end of a renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney that filter waste products from the blood and thus initiate urine formation.