Anatomy. The expanded portion at the top of the ureter, into which the kidney tubules open. Also pelvis of the kidney.

= pelvis, n. 2.

A suprarenal gland; = adrenal, n. Formerly also: †a suprarenal (adrenal) artery (obsolete).

Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… (a) a glomerulus of the kidney together…

Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… = Bowman's capsule at Bowman, n.3 Obsolete…

Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… a glomerulus of the kidney. Obsolete.

Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… = Malpighian body n. at sense 1a.

An adrenal gland.

the middle, outer, and inner layers respectively of the cortex of the adrenal gland.

Used in the possessive in Bowman's capsule: a Malpighian capsule; Bowman's glands: tubular glands in the olfactory mucous membrane; Bowman's membrane…

Anatomy and Zoology. Designating structures described by Malpighi, and others (especially of the kidney)… a renal pyramid (pyramid, n. 6a(a)). Now…

= pronephros, n.

Any cell of a type found in the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex, whose cytoplasm contains droplets of lipid which when removed give the…

The central, intercapillary region of a renal glomerulus, consisting of specialized connective tissue cells and matrix; (also) a region of similar…

Histology. A network of palely staining cells with branching processes, located in the mesangial part of the juxtaglomerular apparatus. Frequently…

a type of cell with palely staining cytoplasm and branching processes, found in the mesangial part of the juxtaglomerular apparatus; a mesangial cell.

Any of the numerous functional units of a kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule through which the glomerular filtrate…