glomerulus
ball-like mass of capillaries at the enlarged end of a kidney tubule of higher vertebrates (malpighian body)
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
glomerulus A tangle of capillaries that makes up part of the nephron; the site of ?ltration.
glomerulus
(gluh-mare-yoo-lus) [L. glomus, ball]
A ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman's capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the vertebrate kidney.
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Glomerulus
The glomerulus is a capillary tuft that receives its blood supply from an afferent arteriole of the renal circulation.
Glomerulus: mechanically filters blood
Bowman's Capsule: mechanically filters blood
Proximal Convoluted Tubule: Reabsorbs 75% of the water, salts, glucose, and amino acids ...
glomerulus A tuft of capillaries projecting into a renal corpuscle in a kidney. Also, a small spongy mass of tissue in the proboscis of hemichordates, presumed to have an excretory function.
the glomerulus (as in humans) and also from
the renal portal veins which drain the posterior part of the fish's body.
After solute reabsorption is complete, the urine is little more than water.
The glomerulus is a lobulated net-work of convoluted capillary bloodvessels, held together by scanty connective tissue.
In mammals, which are similar to other complex vertebrates, the renal artery branches into smaller vessels and finally into a capillary tuft called the glomerulus at the entry to each nephron.
filtration - fluid portion of blood (plasma) is filtered from nephron (functional unit of vertebrate kidney) structure known as the glomerulus into Bowman's capsule or glomerular capsule (in the kidney's cortex) and flows down the proximal convoluted ...
Diuretics that are filtered at the glomerulus and reabsorbed in the renal tubule only to a limited extent. They thus increase the amount of osmotically active solute in the urine and a corresponding increase in urine volume.
Amino acids are filtered out of the blood in the glomerulus of the kidney, but amino acids are not a waste product. The body needs the amino acids, so they are reabsorbed from the filtrate back into the tubule cells of the kidney.
A cup-shaped structure with a thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water.
[L. renes - the kidneys; L. corpusculum - a body]. The filtration unit found in the cortex of the kidneys and made up of Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus.
renal corpuscle [L. renes - the kidneys; L. corpusculum - a body]. The filtration unit found in the cortex of the kidneys and made up of Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus.
 See also: Organ, Kidney, Cells, Blood, Trans
  
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