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capsules or corpuscles
Malpighian Mal*pi"ghi*an, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. Malhighian capsules or corpuscles, the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.

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- Tactile corpuscles or Meissner's corpuscles are a type of mechanoreceptor discovered by anatomist Georg Meissner (1829–1905) and Rudolf Wagner. This corpuscle...
- glomerular capsule known as Bowman's capsule. The renal corpuscle is composed of two structures, the glomerulus and the Bowman's capsule. The glomerulus...
- the Pacinian corpuscles act as rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors. Groups of corpuscles respond to pressure changes, such as on grasping or releasing an...
- It is named after Angelo Ruffini. Ruffini corpuscles are enlarged dendritic endings with elongated capsules. This spindle-shaped receptor is sensitive...
- nephrons have their renal corpuscles in the outer two thirds of the cortex, whereas juxtamedullary nephrons have their corpuscles in the inner third of the...
- Bowman's capsule (or the Bowman capsule, capsula glomeruli, or glomerular capsule) is a cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron...
- concentrically. These concentric corpuscles are composed of a central m****, consisting of one or more granular cells, and of a capsule formed of epithelioid cells...
- Activates mechanoreceptors in the superficial layer of the joint capsule – Bulbous corpuscles. Grade II – Relatively large amplitude, rhythmically oscillating...
- activation of male Krause corpuscle afferent terminals evoked penile erection, while genetic ablation of Krause corpuscles impaired intromission and ejaculation...
- ultrafiltration. The glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule constitute a renal corpuscle, the basic filtration unit of the kidney. The rate at which...