corpuscle
81Hassell&’s corpuscle — (= thymic corpuscle) Lackie Spherical or ovoid bodies 20 50 m m in diameter in the medulla of the thymus, composed of flattened concentrically arranged whorls of keratinised or hyaline cells surrounding dead cells in the core …
82renal corpuscle — n. MALPIGHIAN BODY (sense 2) * * * ▪ anatomy also called malpighian body filtration unit of vertebrate nephrons, functional units of the kidney. It consists of a knot of capillaries (glomerulus) surrounded by a double walled capsule… …
83white corpuscle — n. LEUKOCYTE * * * …
84kidney corpuscle. — See Malpighian corpuscle. * * * …
85Malpighian corpuscle — Anat. 1. Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman s capsule. 2. a compact aggregation of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole… …
86Meissner's corpuscle — /muys neuhrz/ See tactile corpuscle. [after German anatomist Georg Meissner (1829 1905), who described them in 1853] * * * …
87tactile corpuscle — an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers and toes, and functioning as a touch receptor. Also called Meissner s corpuscle. [1870 75] * * * …
88Malpighian corpuscle — noun a) renal corpuscle b) a mass of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole of the spleen …
89kidney corpuscle — noun renal corpuscle …
90colostrum corpuscle — n a cell in the colostrum that contains fat globules and is thought to be a degenerated phagocytic cell of the mammary gland …
