plural of Rainey's corpuscle

The synaptic ending of the sensory nervous system which are encapsulated and respond to stretch and torque. These responses are propagated back to dorsal root ganglia in the form of an action potential.

(hematology, cytology) A blood cell.

(cytology) An erythrocyte (red blood cell).

(anatomy) renal corpuscle

(anatomy) renal corpuscle / a mass of lymphoid tissue surrounding an arteriole of the spleen

(anatomy) the blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.

(obsolete) A crescent-shaped spore associated with sarcosporidiosis in pigs.