Noun, pl. Malpighian corpuscles
Refers to either of two anatomical structures:
- Renal corpuscles
- the initial filtering component of nephrons in the kidneys. (wikipedia.org)
- the capsule that contains Bowman’s capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron. (wordnetweb.princeton.edu)
- Splenic lymphoid nodules, or White nodules
- follicles in the white pulp of the spleen, containing many lymphocytes. (wikipedia.org)
- a mass of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole of the spleen. (wiktionary.org)
- any of the small masses of adenoid tissue formed around the branches of the splenic artery in the spleen. (merriam-webster.com)
Word origin: These structures are named after Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), an Italian physician and biologist regarded as the father of microscopical anatomy and histology. (wikipedia.org)