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Mal·pigh·i·an corpuscle   (māl-pĭg'ē-ən)   
n.  

  1. A mass of arterial capillaries enveloped in a capsule and attached to a tubule in the kidney. Also called Malpighian body, renal corpuscle.

  2. A nodule of lymphatic tissue surrounding the smaller arteries in the spleen.


[After Marcello Malpighi.]
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renal corpuscle  
n.  See Malpighian corpuscle.
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Main Entry: renal corpuscle
Function: noun
: the part of a nephron that consists of Bowman's capsule with its included glomerulus called also Malpighian body,Malpighian corpuscle
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renal corpuscle n.
A tuft of glomerular capillaries with the Bowman's capsule that encloses it. Also called malpighian corpuscle.

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renal corpuscle

filtration unit of vertebrate nephrons, functional units of the kidney. It consists of a knot of capillaries (glomerulus) surrounded by a double-walled capsule (Bowman's capsule) that opens into a tubule. Blood pressure forces plasma minus its macromolecules (e.g., proteins) from the glomerular capillaries into the Bowman's capsule. This filtrate, called capsular urine, then passes into the tubule for further processing.

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