renal corpuscle

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Also Known As	malpighian body

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vascular pole juxtaglomerular cell glomerulus Bowman’s capsule podocyte pedicel glomerular pressure mesangial cell nephron

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Marcello Malpighi

Marcello Malpighi

Italian scientist