Bowman's capsule

[boh-muh nz]

noun Anatomy.

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

Compare Malpighian corpuscle.

Origin of Bowman's capsule

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

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Bowman's capsule

1882, named for English surgeon William Bowman (1816-1892).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

bowman's capsule in Medicine

Bowman'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.malpighian capsule

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bowman's capsule in Science

Bowman's capsule

[bō′mənz]

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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