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What is a glomerulus?

What is a glomerulus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
  2. (anatomy) A structure in the olfactory bulb central to olfactory sensory transduction, composed of receptor neuron axons and mitral neuron dendrites and organized by odor type.
  3. Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things
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The pronephric cavity with its glomerulus is identical in structure with a malpighian body.
In each nephron, a network of tiny blood vessels called the glomerulus attaches to a small tubule.
It is a paired organ consisting of a series of nephrons that filter urine from both the pericardial cavity fluids via openings called nephrostomes and the bloodstream from the glomerulus.
The nephrotic syndrome and proteinuria in the nephrotic range localize the pathologic process to the glomerulus.
On the inner wall of this diverticulum a projection is formed which becomes a glomerulus.
Each of these sacs with its contained blood vessels is called a glomerulus.

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