glomerulus
a compact cluster of capillaries.
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.
Origin of glomerulus
1Other words from glomerulus
- glo·mer·u·lar, adjective
- Compare Bowman's capsule, Malpighian corpuscle.
Words Nearby glomerulus
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How to use glomerulus in a sentence
First, tinkering with earlier receptors in glomeruli tends to more intensely disrupt odor perception.
A Highway to Smell: How Scientists Used Light to Incept Smell in Mice | Shelly Fan | July 1, 2020 | Singularity HubThe problem is that all glomeruli aren’t created equal in the chain of neural data command.
A Highway to Smell: How Scientists Used Light to Incept Smell in Mice | Shelly Fan | July 1, 2020 | Singularity HubThis point is, however, difficult to make sure of owing to the facility with which the glomerulus breaks away.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourWe have reason to think that the corpuscles and vascular channels in the glomerulus are developed in situ.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourSummary of the development of the head-kidney and glomerulus.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
As we hope to shew, this chamber soon becomes largely filled by a vascular glomerulus.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourThe pronephric cavity with its glomerulus is identical in structure with a malpighian body.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
British Dictionary definitions for glomerulus
/ (ɡlɒˈmɛrʊləs) /
a knot of blood vessels in the kidney projecting into the capsular end of a urine-secreting tubule
any cluster or coil of blood vessels, nerve fibres, etc, in the body
Origin of glomerulus
1Derived forms of glomerulus
- glomerular, adjective
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Scientific definitions for glomerulus
[ glō-mĕr′yə-ləs ]
A knot of highly permeable capillaries located within the Bowman's capsule of a nephron. Waste products are filtered from the blood in the glomerulus, initiating the process of urine formation.
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