Term Name: | renal corpuscle |
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Synonyms: | corpusculum renale, corpusculum renis, cortical renal corpuscle, kidney corpuscle, Malphigian corpuscle, Malpighian corpuscle |
Definition: | the structure containing the glomerular capsule and the glomerulus that serves as the initial blood-filtering component of a nephron |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0001229] |