glomerulus
Americannoun
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glomeruli
plural
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a compact cluster of capillaries.
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Also called Malpighian tuft. a tuft of convoluted capillaries in the nephron of a kidney, functioning to remove certain substances from the blood before it flows into the convoluted tubule.
noun
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a knot of blood vessels in the kidney projecting into the capsular end of a urine-secreting tubule
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any cluster or coil of blood vessels, nerve fibres, etc, in the body
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glomeruli
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Origin of glomerulus
1855–60; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin glomer- (stem of glomus ) ball-shaped mass + -ulus -ule
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The nephron consists of three parts: the glomerulus, the renal tubule, and the associated capillary network originating from the cortical radiate arteries.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Although parts of the renal tubules are named proximal and distal, in a cross-section of the kidney, the tubules are placed close together and in contact with each other and the glomerulus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The olfactory bulb is composed of neural clusters called glomeruli, and each glomerulus receives signals from one type of olfactory receptor, so each glomerulus is specific to one odorant.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Juxtamedullary nephrons have a larger glomerulus, allowing them to filter blood at a greater rate than cortical nephrons.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
First, the nephrons filter blood that runs through the capillary network in the glomerulus, which filters out almost all solutes, except for proteins, by glomerular filtration.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
It shows how much blood the glomeruli -- small vessels in the kidney tissue -- can filter per unit of time.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
Health care workers typically assess how well someone’s kidneys work by starting with a blood test for the glomerular filtration rate, or G.F.R., an estimate of how much blood passes through the glomeruli every minute.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
Martin’s glomeruli filtration rate - GFR, the rate that kidneys filter blood - fell to 41 by November 2018.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 23, 2019
The kidney has about 1 million glomeruli, and in each one, hundreds of podocytes bridge the gap between the bloodstream and the urinary system.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2018
In the more advanced or protracted cases this hyaline substance in the glomeruli began to assume a fibrous appearance.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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