Sinonim renal corpuscle

English Thesaurus

1. the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron (noun.body)

hypernym	:	capsule,
definition	:	a structure that encloses a body part (noun.body)

part holonym	:	bowman's capsule, capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule,
definition	:	thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron (noun.body)

part holonym	:	glomerulus,
definition	:	a small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation (noun.body)

part meronym	:	nephron, uriniferous tubule,
definition	:	any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney (noun.body)