In the kidney, a tubular structure called the nephron filters blood to form urine. At the beginning of the nephron, the glomerulus is a network (tuft) of capillaries that performs the first step of filtering blood.
glomerulusとは意味:glomerulus 糸球体[医生]; 糸球[医生]; 腎糸球体[医生] glomerulus meaning: Noun: glomerulus (glomeruli) glow'meryûlus A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation Derived forms: glomeruli ...glomerulus en francais:n. glomérule (anatomie)glomerulus 뜻:noun, (신장등의)사구체glomerulus перевод:гист. клубочек - Malpighian glomerulus