Term Name: renal corpuscle
Synonyms: corpusculum renale, corpusculum renis, cortical renal corpuscle, kidney corpuscle, Malphigian corpuscle, Malpighian corpuscle
Definition: the structure containing the glomerular capsule and the glomerulus that serves as the initial blood-filtering component of a nephron
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0001229]

Relationships
is part of: cortex of kidney nephron uriniferous tubule
has parts: extraglomerular mesangium glomerular capsule kidney corpuscule cell renal afferent arteriole renal efferent arteriole renal glomerulus
is a type of: organ subunit