Malpighian is an attribute to several anatomical structures discovered by, described by or attributed to

Marcello Malpighi Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several phy ...

: * Malpighian corpuscle (disambiguation) **

Renal corpuscle A renal corpuscle (also called malpighian body) is the blood-filtering component of the nephron of the kidney. It consists of a glomerulus - a tuft of capillaries composed of endothelial cells, and a glomerular capsule known as Bowman's capsule ...

, the initial filtering component of nephrons in the kidneys **

Splenic lymphoid nodules White pulp is a histological designation for regions of the spleen (named because it appears whiter than the surrounding red pulp on gross section), that encompasses approximately 25% of splenic tissue. White pulp consists entirely of lymphoid ti ...

or white nodules, follicles in the white pulp of the spleen *

Malpighian layer The Malpighian layer (''stratum mucosum'' or ''stratum malpighii'') of the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, is generally defined as both the stratum basale (basal layer) and the thicker stratum spinosum (spinous layer/prickle cell laye ...

of the skin, a term with various definitions *

Malpighian tubule system The Malpighian tubule system is a type of excretory and osmoregulatory system found in some insects, myriapods, arachnids and tardigrades. The system consists of branching tubules extending from the alimentary canal that absorbs solutes, water ...

, an excretory and osmoregulatory system found in some insects, myriapods, arachnids and tardigrades

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