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Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi (1628 – 1694) an Italian biologist and physician. Historic portrait by Carlo Cignani.
He is known for the spleen and renal structures that bear his name.
Malpighian bodies - (Malpighian bodies of the spleen, spleen white pulp, splenic lymphoid nodules) A spleen lymphoid region, organized as lymphoid sheaths with both T-cell and B-cell compartments, around the branching arterial vessels (resembles lymph node structure).
Malpighian corpuscle - (renal corpuscle) The initial component of the nephron (glomerulus and Bowman's capsule) in the kidneys.
| Historic Embryology |
 Marcello Malpighi (1628 – 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician who in 1666 first named the liver lobules - "the livers of all vertebrates are conglomerate glands, being composed of lobules which in turn contain acini". He is also known for structures that bear his name in the spleen Malpighian bodies (white pulp) and renal Malpighian corpuscle (renal corpuscle). See also Mall's 1906 Liver Historical Note |
Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2026, October 6) Embryology Marcello Malpighi.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Marcello_Malpighi.jpg
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