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What (who) is Glomerulus - definition
GENERAL ANATOMICAL TERM
Glomeruli; Glomerular; Glomerulus (disambiguation)
Glomerulus
·noun The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
glomerulus
[gl?'m?r(j)?l?s]
¦ noun (plural glomeruli -l??, -li:) Anatomy & Biology a cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, especially of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule.
Derivatives
glomerular adjective
Origin
C19: mod. L., dimin. of L. glomus, glomer- 'ball of thread'.
Glomerulus
Glomerulus () is a common term used in anatomy to describe globular structures of entwined vessels, fibers, or neurons. Glomerulus is the diminutive of the Latin glomus, meaning "ball of yarn".
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Glomerulus
Glomerulus () is a common term used in anatomy to describe globular structures of entwined vessels, fibers, or neurons. Glomerulus is the diminutive of the Latin glomus, meaning "ball of yarn".
Glomerulus may refer to:
- the filtering unit of the kidney; see Glomerulus (kidney).
- a structure in the olfactory bulb; see Glomerulus (olfaction).
- the contact between specific cells in the cerebellum; see Glomerulus (cerebellum).
