1) Capillary 2) Capillary vessel 3) Kidney anatomy
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[cerebellum] ==Function== The cerebellar glomeruli are the first `processing station` for afferent nerve fibers entering the cerebellum. Input comes from the mossy fibers, which terminate here and synapse with the Golgi and granule cell fibers. The Golgi cells regulate the glomeruli with inhibitory signals, while information is passed on to...
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[kidney] In the kidney, a tubular structure called the nephron filters blood to form urine. At the beginning of the nephron, the renal glomerulus is a network (tuft) of capillaries that performs the first step of filtering blood. The glomerulus is surrounded by Bowman`s capsule. The blood plasma is filtered through the capillaries of the gl...
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Tuft or a cluster, as of a plexus of capillary blood vessels or nerve fibers, e. g. capillaries of the filtration apparatus of the kidney.
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• (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
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(from the article `renal system`) ...into a double-walled cuplike structure at one end. This structure, called the renal corpuscular capsule, or Bowman`s capsule, encloses a cluster ... ...is still being carried out via the placental circulation and the maternal kidneys, and this dependence is abruptly curtailed. Kidney function is ... ...
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a tiny set of looping blood vessels in the kidney where the blood is filtered and waste products are removed.
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a tiny set of looping blood vessels in the kidney where the blood is filtered and waste products are
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<anatomy, nephrology> One of the structures which comprise the nephron (functional unit) in the kidney. The glomerulus is composed of capillary blood vessels which are actively involved in the filtration of the blood. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(glo-mer´u-lәs) pl. glomer´uli Latin word meaning small tuft or cluster. In anatomy, it is used to name such a structure, such as one made up of a mass of capillaries. adj., glomer´ular., adj. renal glomerulus a network of tufts of blood vessels within the kidney. It is encl...
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Glo·mer'u·lus noun ;
plural Glomeruli . [ New Latin , dim. of Latin
glomus . See 3d
Glome .]
(Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
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A group of intricate capillaries in the kidney
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Type: Term Pronunciation: glō-mer′yū-lŭs, -ū-lī Definitions: 1. A plexus of capillaries. 2. A tuft formed of capillary loops at the beginning of each nephric tubule in the kidney; this tuft, with its capsule constitutes the corpusculum renis (renal corpuscle). 3. The twisted secretory portion of a sweat gland. 4. A cl...
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Glomerulus: 1.In the kidney, a tiny ball-shaped structure 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. 2. In the olfactory bulb, an anatomically discrete module receiving input from an olfac...
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(glo-mer;yuu-lus) A coiled tuft of capillaries surrounded by the glomerular capsule that filtrates urine from the blood.
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The glomerulus is the main filter of the nephron and is located within the Bowman's capsule. The glomerulus resembles a twisted mass of tiny tubes through which the blood passes. The glomerulus is semipermeable, allowing water and soluble wastes to pass through and be excreted out of the Bowman' s capsule as urine. The filtered blood passes out of ...
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n] - a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body
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glomerulus (s), glomeruli (pl) 1.In the kidney, a tiny ball-shaped structure 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. 2. In the olfactory bulb, an anatomically discrete module receiv......
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capillary bed in the nephron of the kidney that filters blood to form urine
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noun a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation
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A tiny set of blood vessels in the nephron.
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Latin glomerare = to roll up, from glomus = a ball of thread (cf. conglomeration).
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A tangle of capillaries that makes up part of the nephron; the site of
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The microscopic functional unit of the kidney. Disease of the glomeruli causes protein to leak into the urine.
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a compact cluster of capillaries. · Also calleda 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. Cf. Bowman's capsule, Malpighian corpuscle.
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