A glomerulus is a capillary tuft surrounded by Bowman's capsule in nephrons of the vertebrate kidney. From Wordnik.com. [Clinical Cases and Images - Blog] Reference
The glomerulus is a lobulated net-work of convoluted capillary bloodvessels, held together by scanty connective tissue. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3b. The Urinary Organs] Reference
Enteropneusta called the glomerulus, a vascular complex placed on either side of the anterior portion of the stomochord, projecting into the proboscis-coelom. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
If you are speaking at the Society for Nephrology meeting, you probably don’t have to explain what a glomerulus is or convince them that its study is important for understanding kidney function. From Wordnik.com. [20 Minute Job Talk] Reference
Small toxicants (both polar and lipid-soluble) are filtered with ease by the glomerulus. From Wordnik.com. [Excretion of toxicants] Reference
A considerable amount of the blood plasma filters through the glomerulus into the nephron tubule. From Wordnik.com. [Excretion of toxicants] Reference
Both lipid-soluble and polar substances will pass through the glomerulus into the tubule filtrate. From Wordnik.com. [Excretion of toxicants] Reference
Receptor cells carrying the same type of receptor converge their processes on the same glomerulus. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004] Reference
Receptor cells carrying the same type of receptor send their nerve processes to the same glomerulus. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine] Reference
Filtration, the first process, takes place in the glomerulus, the very vascular beginning of the nephron. From Wordnik.com. [Excretion of toxicants] Reference
Each mitral cell is activated only by one glomerulus, and the specificity in the information flow is thereby maintained. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine] Reference
The convergence of information from cells with the same receptor into the same glomerulus demonstrated that also glomeruli exhibit remarkable specificity (see figure). From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine] Reference
The glomerulus consists of a 'knot' of capillaries enclosed by the capsule. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Innervation density = total dendritic length in glomerulus/glomerulus volume. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
ORNs expressing one olfactory receptor all send their axons to the same glomerulus. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
All mitral/tufted cell apical dendrites connected to a glomerulus receive inputs that are highly correlated. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
A secondary glomerulus is formed ventral to each of these, and the complete group constitutes the pronephros. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3. The Urogenital Apparatus] Reference
Although this is usually interstitial nephritis, NSAIDS can also cause minimal-change disease in the glomerulus. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
There grows out from the aorta, towards each, a bunch, of bloodvessels, the glomerulus (compare Section 62, Rabbit). From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
These crescent cells compress the glomerulus, the basic filtration unit of the kidney, and prevent it from functioning. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Although the normal glomerulus comprises four resident cell types, least is known about the parietal epithelial cells (PECs). From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The 'head' of these nephrons is the renal corpuscle, or Malpighian body, which consists of a Bowman's capsule and the glomerulus. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The whole surface of the glomerulus is covered with a continuous layer of the same cells, on a delicate supporting membrane (Fig. 1130). From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3b. The Urinary Organs] Reference
Most kidney diseases that ultimately lead to end-stage renal failure originate within the glomerulus and are associated with proteinuria. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The MP ORN target VA7l glomerulus (dotted circle) was not innervated by line 5 processes in 0-MP flies but was still innervated by PN processes. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Arterioles originating from the renal artery, the afferent arterioles, supply the glomerulus, and efferent arterioles carry the blood away from the corpuscle. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Diabetic nephropathy affects the network of tiny blood vessels in the glomerulus, a structure in the kidney made of capillary blood vessels, which is needed to filter blood. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Story] Reference
The association of plasma copeptin with microalbuminuria suggests that vasopressin might have a role in kidney dysfunction via effects on the permselectivity of the glomerulus and. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
In their outward course they give off lateral branches; these are the afferent vessels for the renal corpuscles (see page 1221); they enter the capsule, and end in the glomerulus. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3b. The Urinary Organs] Reference
G., glomerulus, a knot of blood-vessels in the capsule. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
C) glomerulus to ureter to renal tubule Why does Dawkins describe some genes as sucessful Chicago gangsters? en Español. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
M of the two markers) was close to the calculated ratio of occurrence of the cognate tags in SAGE libraries: glomerulus, W. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Hydrostatic pressure of blood in glomerulus 8.0. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
F) The LN innervation probability of a glomerulus correlated positively with the mean odor-evoked firing rate of the ORNs presynaptic to that glomerulus (. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
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