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Glomerulus
UK
/ɡləˈmɛr.jʊ.ləs/
US
/ɡloʊˈmɛr.jə.ləs/
Translation of "glomerulus" into Russian
glomerulus
Noun
UK
/ɡləˈmɛr.jʊ.ləs/
US
/ɡloʊˈmɛr.jə.ləs/
glomerulus
glomeruli pl
glomeruluses pl
The glomerulus is a network of capillaries located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney.
Гломерула — это сеть капилляров, расположенная в начале нефрона в почке.
Definitions
glomerulus
Noun
UK
/ɡləˈmɛr.jʊ.ləs/
US
/ɡloʊˈmɛr.jə.ləs/
A cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, particularly a cluster of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule, where waste products are filtered from the blood.
The glomerulus plays a crucial role in the kidney's filtration process.
A small, typically spherical mass of nerve tissue, especially one of the numerous structures in the olfactory bulb where synapses occur between olfactory nerve fibers and mitral cells.
Each olfactory glomerulus receives input from receptors sensitive to a specific range of odor molecules.