Associations to the word «Glomus»

GLOMUS, noun. A fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels.

GLOMUS, noun. A highly organized vessel that connects an artery and a vein (bypassing capillaries) in an extremity such as a finger, toe, or ear or in another organ that is not part of the body's core. The glomus regulates the flow of blood, controlling temperature in order to conserve heat in the organ and, indirectly, controls the blood pressure and other functions of the circulatory system.

GLOMUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Glomeraceae   — a large group of fungi that are obligate symbionts of tree roots.

GLOMUS CLAROIDEUM, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Glomeraceae   — a fungus found in soil around the root system of soybeans.

GLOMUS ETUNICATUM, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Glomeraceae   — an arbuscular mycorhizal fungus, now treated as Claroideoglomus etunicatum.