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Definition of Malpighian corpuscle

1. Noun. The capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron.

Definition of Malpighian corpuscle

1. Noun. (anatomy) renal corpuscle ¹

2. Noun. a mass of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole of the spleen ¹

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Literary usage of Malpighian corpuscle

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1. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"malpighian corpuscle of the spleen of the A, artery around which the corpuscle is placed : B, meshes of the pulp, injected : c. the artery of the corpuscle ..."

2. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Each malpighian corpuscle ba more or less globular mass of adenoid tissue, crowded with leucocytes, developed ill the adventitia of a minute artery running ..."

3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"Each malpighian corpuscle is a more or less globular mass of adenoid tissue, crowded with leucocytes, developed in the adventitia of a minute artery running ..."

4. Outlines of Physiology, Human and Comparative by John Marshall (1868)
"The malpighian corpuscle» of the cortical substance are placed either at the free ... According as the capsule of the malpighian corpuscle is formed at the ..."

5. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1854)
"A malpighian corpuscle from the spleen of an Ox, x 150: a, wall of the corpuscle; 4, contents; d, sheath; and e, wall of the artery to which it is attached. ..."

6. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"Section ot human spleen cutting transversely a malpighian corpuscle : a, ... The peripheral zone of the malpighian corpuscle is usually denser than the ..."

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