Bowman's capsule
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Bow·man's capsule
(bō′mənz)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.]
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Bow′man's cap′sule
(ˈboʊ mənz)n.
a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron.
[1880–85; after Sir William Bowman (1816–92), English surgeon]
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Bowman's capsule
(or glomerular capsule) Part of a nephron in a kidney: a little cup surrounding a glomerulus. See glomerulus, kidney, nephron.
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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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