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renal corpuscle

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The structure containing the glomerular capsule and the glomerulus that serves as the initial blood-filtering component of a nephron. [ MP:0002827 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: Malphigian corpuscle, Malpighian corpuscle, corpusculum renale

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uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

The part of the nephron that filters blood.[TAO], A tuft of capillaries found in a Bowman's capsule in which waste products are filtered from the blood and urine formation is initiated. Paired highly vascularized structures of the pronephros, responsible for blood filtration.[XAO], A mass of arterial capillaries enveloped in a capsule and attached to a tubule in the kidney[BTO]

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Together, the Bowmans capsule and the glomerulus comprise the definitive renal corpuscle. http://www.gudmap.org/About/Tutorial/DevMUS.html#DMK_Nephron

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Renal_corpuscle.svg

has related synonym

corpusculum renis, cortical renal corpuscle, kidney corpuscle

id

UBERON:0001229

prefLabel

Renal corpuscle

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606