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Glomerulus vs Postglomerular - What's the difference?

glomerulus | postglomerular |

In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between glomerulus and postglomerular

is that glomerulus is (anatomy) a small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine while postglomerular is (anatomy) occurring or located after the glomerulus.

As a noun glomerulus

is (anatomy) a small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine.

As an adjective postglomerular is

(anatomy) occurring or located after the glomerulus.

glomerulus

English

Noun

(wikipedia glomerulus) (glomeruli)
  • (anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
  • Any of several other similar intertwined masses of things

    • Related terms

    *glomerulation

    postglomerular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Occurring or located after the glomerulus.