glomerulus

IPA: gɫˈɑmɝʌɫʌs

(anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
(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.
Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things

Examples of "glomerulus" in Sentences

Small toxicants (both polar and lipid-soluble) are filtered with ease by the glomerulus.
Both lipid-soluble and polar substances will pass through the glomerulus into the tubule filtrate.
A glomerulus is a capillary tuft surrounded by Bowman's capsule in nephrons of the vertebrate kidney.
Filtration, the first process, takes place in the glomerulus, the very vascular beginning of the nephron.
The glomerulus is a lobulated net-work of convoluted capillary bloodvessels, held together by scanty connective tissue.
The presence of albumin in the urine indicates that the glomerulus filtering system is damaged letting large molecules pass through.
The nephron has three primary regions that function in the renal excretion process, the glomerulus, proximal tubule, and the distal tubule.
Enteropneusta called the glomerulus, a vascular complex placed on either side of the anterior portion of the stomochord, projecting into the proboscis-coelom.
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.
This results from the large amount of blood flow through the glomerulus, the relatively large pores (40 angstrom, an angstom is one one-hundred millionth of a centimeter) in the glomerular capillaries, and the hydrostatic pressure of the blood.