Anatomy
renal glomerulus Audio
[ reen-l gloh-mer-yuh-luh s, gluh- ]
Subclass of:
Cortex of kidney; Nephrons
Definitions related to kidney glomerulus:
  • (glomerulus) A tuft of capillaries situated at the entrance to each nephron, within the Bowman's capsule. This tuft functions as the first stage in filtering blood in the kidney.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (renal glomerulus) A tiny, round cluster of blood vessels within the kidneys. It filters the blood to reabsorb useful materials and remove waste as urine.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (renal glomerulus) Globular tufts of capillaries, one projecting into the expanded end or capsule of each the uriniferous tubules.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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