renal corpuscle (redirected from Kidney corpuscle)

renal corpuscle

n.

A tuft of glomerular capillaries with the Bowman's capsule that encloses it. Also called malpighian corpuscle.

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renal corpuscle.

See malpighian corpuscle.

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corpuscle [kor´pus'l]

any small mass or body. adj., adj corpus´cular.

blood corpuscle blood cell.

colostrum c's large rounded bodies in colostrum, containing droplets of fat and sometimes a nucleus.

Krause's corpuscle end-bulb.

malpighian corpuscle the funnel-like structure constituting the beginning of the structural unit of the kidney (nephron) and comprising the malpighian capsule and its partially enclosed glomerulus. Called also renal corpuscle.

Meissner's corpuscle tactile corpuscle.

Purkinje's c's large, branched nerve cells composing the middle layer of the cortex of the cerebellum.

red corpuscle (red blood corpuscle) erythrocyte.

renal corpuscle malpighian corpuscle.

tactile corpuscle a medium-sized nerve ending in the skin, particularly the fingertips and lips; called also Meissner's corpuscle and tactile papilla.

white corpuscle (white blood corpuscle) leukocyte.

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corpuscle

any small mass or body.

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blood c's

formed elements in the blood, i.e. erythrocytes and leukocytes.

bulbous corpuscle

temperature-sensitive nerve endorgan.

colostrum c's

large rounded bodies in colostrum, containing droplets of fat and sometimes a nucleus.

compound granular corpuscle

see gitter cells.

genital corpuscle

pressure receptor nerve-endings in the penis and clitoris.

Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle

probably a pressure receptor; occur in hairless skin and associated mucosae, glans penis, foot pad of carnivores, hoof connective tissue.

corpuscle of Grandry

in the dermis of a duck's bill. See also corpuscle of Herbst (below).

corpuscle of Herbst

located in the dermis of the duck's bill these corpuscles are extremely sensitive to vibration.

lamellar corpuscle

pressure-sensitive nerve-endings. Called also Ruffini corpuscle.

malpighian corpuscle

see renal corpuscle (below).

Meissner corpuscle

touch-sensitive nerve receptors.

meniscoid corpuscle

touch-sensitive nerve endorgan.

pacinian c's

see pacinian corpuscle.

Purkinje's c's

large, branched nerve cells composing the middle layer of the cortex of the cerebellum.

red blood corpuscle

erythrocyte.

renal corpuscle

a tuft of capillaries enveloped by the dilated end of a renal tubule. Constitutes the beginning of the structural unit of the kidney (nephron). Called also malpighian corpuscle.

Ruffini corpuscle

see lamellar corpuscle (above).

tactile c's

medium-sized encapsulated nerve endings in the skin; called also tactile papillae.

white blood corpuscle

leukocyte.