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Noun Concept
Categories: Kidney anatomy
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glomerulus  glomerular capillaries  glomerular capillary  glomerular filtrate  Glomerular matrix
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A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation WordNet 3.0
English:
kidney
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A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The glomerulus is a network of small blood vessels known as a tuft, located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney. Wikipedia
Functional unit of Nephron Wikidata
A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine. Wiktionary
Small intertwined group of capillaries. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
capillary
HAS PART
intraglomerular mesangial cell
glomerular basement membrane
filtration slit
podocyte
PART OF
malpighian body
ANATOMICAL LOCATION
malpighian body
DERIVATION
glomerular
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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glomerulus
Wikipedia
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glomerulus (kidney)
Wikidata
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glomerulus
Wiktionary
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glomerulus
Wikipedia Redirections
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glomerular capillaries, glomerular capillary, glomerular filtrate, Glomerular matrix, Glomerular mesangium, glomerular tuft, Glomerulus capillaries, Glomerulus renis, Kidney glomeruli, kidney glomerulus, mesangial, mesangial matrix, mesangium, permselectivity, Renal glomerulus
Wikidata Alias
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kidney glomerulus, renal glomerulus

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