ALL meanings of glomerulus
glo·mer·u·lus
G g - noun glomerulus A cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, in particular. 1
- noun plural glomerulus a compact cluster of capillaries. 1
- noun plural glomerulus Also called Malpighian tuft. a tuft of convoluted capillaries in the nephron of a kidney, functioning to remove certain substances from the blood before it flows into the convoluted tubule. 1
- noun glomerulus (anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine. 0
- noun glomerulus (anatomy) A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor neuron axons and mitral neuron dendrites and organized by odor type. 0
- noun glomerulus Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things. 0
- noun glomerulus a knot of blood vessels in the kidney projecting into the capsular end of a urine-secreting tubule 0
- noun glomerulus any cluster or coil of blood vessels, nerve fibres, etc, in the body 0
- noun glomerulus any cluster or structure of blood vessels or nerves; esp., any of the tiny clusters of capillaries in the kidney which act as filters, initiating the formation of urine 0