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Bowman's capsule

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Bow·man's capsule  (bmnz)
n.
A double-walled, cup-shaped structure around the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water.

[After Sir William Bowman (1816-1892), British surgeon.]

Bowman's capsule  (bmnz)
A cup-shaped structure around the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water. Bowman's capsule is named after its identifier, English physician and physiologist, Sir William Bowman (1816-1892).
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Noun1.Bowman's capsule - thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle - the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

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This includes the Bowman's capsule and the convoluted tubular structures, all of which are essential to the normal functioning of the kidney," continued Toledo.
 
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