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Definition of Capsula glomeruli
1. Noun. Thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron.
Group relationships: Malpighian Body, Malpighian Corpuscle, Renal Corpuscle
Generic synonyms: Membrane, Tissue Layer
Medical Definition of Capsula glomeruli
1. The expanded beginning of a nephron composed of an inner and outer layer: the visceral layer consists of podocytes which surround a tuft of capillaries (glomerulus); the parietal layer is simple squamous epithelium which becomes cuboidal at the tubular pole. Synonym: capsula glomeruli, Bowman's capsule, malpighian capsule, Muller's capsule. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capsula Glomeruli
Literary usage of Capsula glomeruli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory guide for histology: Laboratory Outlines for the Study of by Irving Hardesty (1908)
"Note the capsula glomeruli (Bowman's capsule). What is its nature? With what is
it continuous? What constitutes the corpuscula renis (Malpighian corpuscle) ..."
2. A Manual of Histology by Salomon Stricker (1872)
"... gives off branch after branch in rapid succession, that is, just as often as
it passes near the dilated end of a convoluted tubule (capsula glomeruli). ..."
3. Manual of Human and Comparative Histology by Salomon Stricker, Henry Power (1872)
"... (capsula glomeruli). Taken collectively, therefore, the arteriae interlobulares
give off at least as many branches into the cortex as there are ..."
4. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"Each tubule begins in a thin-walled spherical dilatation, or capsule (capsula
glomeruli), in which a complicated loop of capillary blood-vessels is ..."
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