Malpighian is an attribute to several anatomical structures discovered by, described by or attributed to Marcello Malpighi: *

Malpighian corpuscle (disambiguation) There are at least two anatomical structures called a Malpighian corpuscle. They are also known as: * Renal corpuscles — the initial filtering component of nephrons in the kidneys * White pulp, splenic lymphoid nodules, or white nodules &mdas ...

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

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