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Dictionary » C » Corpuscle CorpuscleDefinition noun, plural: corpuscles (1) (biology) A small free-floating cell, especially a blood cell. (2) A small, globular structure; a small mass. (3) A nerve ending (e.g. tactile corpuscle). (4) Any minute or discrete particle.
Word origin: From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (“‘body’”). Related form(s): corpuscular (adjective) Related term(s): ![]()
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Results from our forumQuestion on filtrate in nephron becoming more concentrated... be good if someone could confirm this before OP uses it. The fluid is first "squeezed" out into the nephron starting at the "Renal Corpuscle". The excreted fluid now starts to travel through the nephron. At the very beginning, it's basically a huge jumble of all kinds of fluids, ...
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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis as a sequela of SSD... Sickle-cell diseases give progressive damage to multiple organs on the body, but how does abnormally shaped Red Blood Cells damage the renal corpuscle? I thought blood wasn't even supposed to be processed in the nephron. Anything else Heck, I'm not picky. If you know anything about MPGN - ...
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how does heat receptors in cells workThe Receptors Few, if any, of the detectors of heat, cold, and pain are specialized transducers (in the way that, for example, the Pacinian corpuscle is). Rather they are transmembrane proteins embedded in the plasma membrane of both sensory neurons and nearby cells (e.g. skin cells). A single ...
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corpusclesYou should know whether those NaCl is hypotonic, isotonic, or hypertonic towards cytoplasm of those corpuscle ;)
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