| 单词 | renal corpuscle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrenal corpuscle renal corpuscle n. Anatomy the roughly spherical structure forming the origin of the functional unit (nephron) of the kidney, which consists of a glomerulus surrounded by a cup-like expansion of the proximal part of a tubule, and in which the initial filtration leading to the production of urine occurs. ΚΠ 1872 H. Power tr. C. Ludwig in Stricker's Man. Human & Compar. Histol. II. xxi. 85 Every tubulus uriniferus commences in the labyrinth by means of a spheroidal enlargement, which constitutes the capsule of a renal corpuscle [Ger. Nierenkorn] or glomerulus. 1965 F. Gerrard Macgregor's Struct. Meat Animals (ed. 2) ix. 164 The granular portion of the cortex of each lobe consists almost entirely of convoluted uriniferous tubules, capillary blood-vessels and renal corpuscles. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes iv. 46/2 The mesonephros consists of a number of renal corpuscles, each composed of a glomerulus surrounded by a Bowman's capsule. < as lemmas |
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