Corpuscle
51kidney corpuscle — noun : malpighian corpuscle * * * kidney corpuscle, = renal corpuscle. (Cf. ↑renal corpuscle) …
52Blood corpuscle — Blood Blood (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel. bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which… …
53Krause's corpuscle — Krau·se s corpuscle krau̇ zəz n any of various rounded sensory end organs occurring in mucous membranes (as of the conjunctiva or genitals) called also corpuscle of Krause Krause Wilhelm Johann Friedrich (1833 1910) German anatomist. A professor… …
54Pacinian corpuscle — Pa·cin·i·an corpuscle pə .sin ē ən also Pa·ci·ni s corpuscle pə chē nēz n a pressure sensitive mechanoreceptor that is an oval capsule terminating some sensory nerve fibers esp. in the skin (as of the hands and feet) see CORPUSCLE OF HERBST… …
55renal corpuscle — n the part of a nephron that consists of Bowman s capsule with its included glomerulus called also Malpighian body, Malpighian corpuscle * * * a body that forms the beginning of a nephron, consisting of a glomerulus surrounded by the glomerular… …
56Ruffini's corpuscle — Ruf·fi·ni s corpuscle ru̇ fē nēz or Ruf·fi·ni corpuscle nē n any of numerous oval sensory end organs occurring in the subcutaneous tissue of the fingers called also Ruffini s brush, Ruffini s end organ Ruf·fi·ni rüf fē nē Angelo (1864 1929)… …
57tactile corpuscle — n one of the numerous minute bodies (as a Meissner s corpuscle) in the skin and some mucous membranes that usu. consist of a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, contain nerve terminations, and are held to be end organs of touch called also… …
58lamellar corpuscle — lamellated corpuscle an encapsulated nerve ending in which the connective tissue capsule takes the form of concentric layers of flattened cells; the term is sometimes used as a synonym of pacinian corpuscle, a type of lamellar corpuscle …
59Vater-Pacini corpuscle — Va·ter Pa·ci·ni corpuscle (fahґter pah cheґne) [A. Vater; Filippo Pacini, Italian anatomist, 1812–1883] pacinian corpuscle; see under corpuscle …
60renal corpuscle — noun the capsule that contains Bowman s capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron • Syn: ↑malpighian body, ↑malpighian corpuscle • Hypernyms: ↑capsule • Part Holonyms: ↑nephron, ↑uriniferous tubule …
