renal corpuscle
renal corpuscle · renal corpuscles
The blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of…The blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.
Meaning
1 sensesThe blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.
the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
Translations
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plural: renal corpuscles| Singular | renal corpuscle |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron:malpighian bodymalpighian corpuscle