Glomerulus

Glomerulus

A coiled capillary bed in the kidney that is responsible for filtering water and small molecular weight substances from the blood.

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glomerulus

Biology; Cell biology

A tangle of capillaries that makes up part of the nephron; the site of Þltration.

glomerulus

Health care; Diabetes treatment

A tiny set of looping blood vessels where the blood is filtered in the kidney.

glomerulus

Health care; Pharmacy

A coiled capillary bed in the kidney that is responsible for filtering water and small molecular weight substances from the blood.

glomerulus

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A tiny set of looping blood vessels in the nephron where blood is filtered in the kidney.

glomerulus

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A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue.

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Tuft or a cluster, as of a plexus of capillary blood vessels or nerve fibers, e. g. capillaries of the filtration apparatus of the kidney.

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