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Renal corpuscle Moderate

Renal corpuscle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron

2

the blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.

See Also
bowman's capsule kidney corpuscle malpighian corpuscle blood nephron glomerulus
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
capsule
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