RENAL CORPUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does renal corpuscle mean? 

• RENAL CORPUSCLE (noun)
  The noun RENAL CORPUSCLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RENAL CORPUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENAL CORPUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle; renal corpuscle

Hypernyms ("renal corpuscle" is a kind of...):

capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)

Meronyms (parts of "renal corpuscle"):

Bowman's capsule; capsula glomeruli; glomerular capsule (thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron)

glomerulus (a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation)

Holonyms ("renal corpuscle" is a part of...):

nephron; uriniferous tubule (any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney)

 Context examples 

One of the three layers comprising the basal lamina of the renal corpuscle membrane that is between the lamina densa and the endothelial cells.

(Lamina Rara Interna, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the three layers comprising the basal lamina of the renal corpuscle membrane that is between the podocytes and the lamina densa.

(Lamina Rara Externa, NCI Thesaurus)

Cellular population adjacent to the renal corpuscle, composed of the macula densa, the juxtaglomerular cells, and the extraglomerular mesangial cells.

(Juxtaglomerular Apparatus, NCI Thesaurus)

A nephron in which the renal corpuscle is in close proximity to the renal medulla while the proximal convoluted tubule and loop of Henle are located much deeper in the kidney.

(Juxtamedullary Nephron, NCI Thesaurus)