Bow·man's capsule (b  m nz)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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| Noun | 1. | 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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