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renal corpuscle

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the structure containing the glomerular capsule and the glomerulus that serves as the initial blood-filtering component of a nephron [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]

Term info

Label

renal corpuscle

Synonyms
  • Malphigian corpuscle
  • Malpighian corpuscle
  • corpusculum renale
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

comment

Together, the Bowmans capsule and the glomerulus comprise the definitive renal corpuscle. http://www.gudmap.org/About/Tutorial/DevMUS.html#DMK_Nephron

depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Renal_corpuscle.svg

external definition

The part of the nephron that filters blood.[TAO], A tuft of capillaries found in a Bowman's capsule in which waste products are filtered from the blood and urine formation is initiated. Paired highly vascularized structures of the pronephros, responsible for blood filtration.[XAO], A mass of arterial capillaries enveloped in a capsule and attached to a tubule in the kidney[BTO]

has related synonym

corpusculum renis, cortical renal corpuscle, kidney corpuscle

id

UBERON:0001229