Definition of Renal corpuscle

1. Noun. The capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron.


Definition of Renal corpuscle

1. Noun. (anatomy) the blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Renal corpuscle

1. The tuft of glomerular capillaries and the capsula glomeruli that encloses it. Synonym: corpusculum renis, malpighian corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Renal Corpuscle

renal calculi
renal calculus
renal cancer
renal capsule
renal carcinosarcoma
renal cast
renal cell cancer
renal cell carcinoma
renal cell carcinomas
renal cell carcinomata
renal circulation
renal clearance
renal colic
renal collar
renal columns
renal corpuscle
renal corpuscles
renal cortex
renal cortical adenoma
renal cortical lobule
renal diabetes
renal disorder
renal epistaxis
renal failure
renal fascia
renal fibrocystic osteosis
renal ganglia
renal glycosuria
renal haematuria
renal haemorrhage

Literary usage of Renal corpuscle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"Beginning with a renal corpuscle, each tubule forms a proximal convoluted portion, a 0-shaped loop (of Henle) with descending and ascending limbs, ..."

2. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1904)
"Diagrams Illustrating Successive Stages in Development of the renal corpuscle, i and 2. Approach of blood-vessel and blind end of tubule ; 3, ..."

3. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"Diagrams Illustrating Successive Stages in Development of the renal corpuscle, i and 2, Approach of blood-vessel and blind end of tubule ; 3, ..."

4. A Laboratory Text-book of Embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1910)
"The other end of the tubule remains closed and is converted into the renal corpuscle. The tubule now grows rapidly in length and becomes very irregular in ..."

5. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"The outer zone of the medulla contains both thick and thin seg- renal corpuscle. Convoluted tubules. Cortical ray. Interlobular vein. Henle's loop. ..."

6. Human Physiology: An Elementary Text-book with Special Emphasis on Hygiene by John Woodside Ritchie (1915)
"Describe the course of the tubule. In what does a tubule rise ? Describe the development and structure of a renal corpuscle. ..."

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