Bowman's capsule

American  

[boh-muhnz] / ˈboʊ mənz /

noun

Anatomy.

1. a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron.

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Bowman's capsule Scientific  

/ bō′mənz /

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Bowman's capsule

1880–85; named after Sir William Bowman (1816–92), English surgeon

Example Sentences

Since the filtration membrane limits the size of particles crossing the membrane, the osmotic pressure inside the glomerular capillary is higher than the osmotic pressure in Bowman’s capsule.

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Bowman’s capsule surrounds the glomerulus to form a lumen, and captures and directs this filtrate to the PCT.

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The outermost part of Bowman’s capsule, the parietal layer, is a simple squamous epithelium.

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The rest of the nephron consists of a continuous sophisticated tubule whose proximal end surrounds the glomerulus in an intimate embrace—this is Bowman’s capsule.

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You will find osmotic pressure exerted by the solutes inside the lumen of the capillary as well as inside of Bowman’s capsule.

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