Malpighian tuft
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malpighian tuft — noun Usage: usually capitalized M : glomerulus * * * glomerulus (def. 2). [1840 50] * * * Malpighian tuft, a tuft of capillaries in the kidney … Useful english dictionary
tuft — A cluster, clump, or bunch, as of hairs. enamel t. a group of structures representing defects in tooth mineralization that extend from the dentino enamel junction into the enamel to about one half its thickness. malpighian t. SYN … Medical dictionary
Glomerulus — A tiny ball shaped structure in the kidney composed of capillary blood vessels actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine. The glomerulus is one of the key structures that make up the nephron, the functional unit of the kidney … Medical dictionary
Malpighi — Marcello, Italian anatomist, histologist, and embryologist, 1628–1694. See malpighian bodies, under body, malpighian capsule, malpighian cell, malpighian corpuscles, under corpuscle, malpighian glands, under gland, malpighian glomerulus,… … Medical dictionary
glomerulus — glomerular, adj. /gloh mer yeuh leuhs, gleuh /, n., pl. glomeruli / luy /. Anat. 1. a compact cluster of capillaries. 2. Also called Malpighian tuft. a tuft of convoluted capillaries in the nephron of a kidney, functioning to remove certain… … Universalium
excretion — excretion1 /ik skree sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of excreting. 2. the substance excreted, as urine or sweat, or certain plant products. [1595 1605; < LL excretion (s. of excretio) that which is sifted out. See EXCRETE, ION] excretion2 /ik skree… … Universalium
corpuscle — 1. A small mass or body. 2. A blood cell. SYN: corpusculum. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus, body] amnionic c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. amylaceous c., amyloid c. SYN: corpus amylaceum. articular corpuscles … Medical dictionary
Renal corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = corpusculum renis GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1221 Caption = Glomerulus is red; Bowman s capsule is green. Caption2 = Distribution of bloodvessels in cortex of kidney. Precursor = System = Artery = Vein =… … Wikipedia
Capsule — has many meanings in medicine including the following: {{}}In medicine, a membranous structure that envelops an organ, a joint, tumor, or any other part of the body. It is usually made up of dense collagen containing connective tissue. In… … Medical dictionary
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
