Bowman`s capsule (or the Bowman capsule, capsula glomeruli, or glomerular capsule) is a cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine. A glomerulus is enclosed in the sac. Fluids from blood in the glomerulus are collected in the Bow....
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(from the article `Bright`s disease`) ...kidney that produce urine: the glomeruli and the nephrons. The glomeruli are small round clusters of capillaries (microscopic blood vessels) that ... ...30–55 mm (1.2–2.2 inches) long. At one end this tube is closed, expanded, and folded into a double-walled cuplike structure. This stru...
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Synonym for glomerular capsule ... The expanded beginning of a nephron composed of an inner and outer layer: the visceral layer consists of podocytes which surround a tuft of capillaries (glomerulus); the parietal layer is simple squamous epithelium which becomes cuboidal at the tubular pole. ... Synonym: capsula glomeruli, Bowman's capsule, malpig...
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(bo;manz kap;sul) See glomerular capsule.
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n] - thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
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glomerular capsule noun thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
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a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron. Cf. Malpighian corpuscle.
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