Glomeruli

Glomeruli
Tiny ball-shaped structures in the kidney composed of capillary blood vessels actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine. The glomerulus is one of the key structures that make up the nephron, the functional unit of the kidney. The glomerulus was so named by the Italian anatomist Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694). The structure was once called a malphigian corpuscle. "Glomerulus" is the diminutive of the Latin "glomus" meaning "ball of yarn." It is literally a "little ball of yarn." The singular is "glomerulus" and the plural, as in Latin, is "glomeruli." The prefix "glomerulo-" (as in glomerulonephritis) refers to the glomerulus.

* * *

glo·mer·u·li (glo-merґu-li) [L.] genitive and plural of glomerulus.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Glomeruli — Glomerulus Glo*mer u*lus, n.; pl. {Glomeruli}. [NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glomeruli — inksto kamuolėliai statusas T sritis gyvūnų anatomija, gyvūnų morfologija atitikmenys: lot. Glomeruli ryšiai: platesnis terminas – inksto kūnelis sinonimas – glomerulai …   Veterinarinės anatomijos, histologijos ir embriologijos terminai

  • Glomerŭli Malpighĭi — Glomerŭli Malpighĭi, s. Wundernetz …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Glomeruli arteriosi cochleae — sraigės arteriniai kamuolėliai statusas T sritis gyvūnų anatomija, gyvūnų morfologija atitikmenys: lot. Glomeruli arteriosi cochleae ryšiai: platesnis terminas – labirinto arterija …   Veterinarinės anatomijos, histologijos ir embriologijos terminai

  • glomeruli — plural of glomerulus …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • glomeruli — noun That which is affected by glomerular nephropathies …   Wiktionary

  • Glomeruli — Glo|me|ru|li: Plur. von ↑Glomerulus …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • glomeruli — n. cluster of small blood vessels (Anatomy) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • glomeruli arteriosi cochleae — an arterial network surrounding the cochlea …   Medical dictionary

  • capsula glomeruli — capsule of glomerulus: the double walled globular dilatation that forms the beginning of a renal tubule and surrounds the glomerulus; the inner wall is called the visceral layer and the outer wall is called the parietal layer. Called also Bowman …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”