glomerulesspherical
Glomerulesspherical is a neologism occasionally encountered in theoretical discussions of renal morphology. It refers to a hypothetical renal unit or particle that is perfectly spherical in shape and lacks a renal glomerulus. The term combines glomerulus, the site of the renal filtration tuft, with spherical, signaling a departure from the conventional renal corpuscle structure.
Definition and scope: In this speculative usage, "glomerulesspherical" denotes a unit with spherical geometry and without
Context and usage: The term is not standard in anatomy or pathology; it has no established diagnostic
Relation to real anatomy: Real kidneys contain hundreds of glomeruli, each a tuft of capillaries inside Bowman's
See also: glomerulus, renal corpuscle, nephron, histology, renal physiology, computational modeling.