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Filtration — This article is about operation of solid fluid separation. For the mathematical concept, see filtration (mathematics). For the equipment used, see Filter (disambiguation). For filtration used in winemaking, see Filtration (wine). Diagram of… … Wikipedia
Renal corpuscle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = corpusculum renis GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1221 Caption = Glomerulus is red; Bowman s capsule is green. Caption2 = Distribution of bloodvessels in cortex of kidney. Precursor = System = Artery = Vein =… … Wikipedia
Glomerulus — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = glomerulus renis GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1221 Caption = Glomerulus. Caption2 = Distribution of bloodvessels in cortex of kidney. Precursor = Metanephric blastema System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph … Wikipedia
Nephrin — Nephrosis 1, congenital, Finnish type (nephrin) Identifiers Symbols NPHS1; CNF; NPHN; nephrin External IDs … Wikipedia
Podocyte — Infobox Anatomy Name = Podocyte Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Glomerulus. (Diagram in French, but Membrane basale glomerulaire et ses podocytes labeled near center.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph =… … Wikipedia
Perlecan — Heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (HSPG2), is a human gene which encodes the perlecan protein.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: HSPG2 heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView… … Wikipedia
bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… … Universalium
pore — 1. An opening, hole, perforation, or foramen. A p., meatus, or foramen. SEE ALSO: opening. 2. SYN: sweat p.. SEE ALSO: opening, meatus, foramen. [G. poros, passageway] alveolar pores openings in the … Medical dictionary
slit diaphragm — a thin membrane that spans the slit pore of the renal glomerulus to form part of the glomerular filtration barrier. Called also slit membrane, filtration slit membrane, and podocyte slit d … Medical dictionary
glomerular capillary — any of the capillaries of a renal glomerulus; see also filtration barrier, under barrier … Medical dictionary
