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

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Bowman's capsule

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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Glomerular filtration occurs when glomerular hydrostatic pressure exceeds the luminal hydrostatic pressure of Bowman’s capsule.

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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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A capillary bed, the glomerulus, filters blood and the filtrate is captured by Bowman’s capsule.

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This action increases the glomerular filtration rate, resulting in more material filtered out of the glomerular capillaries and into Bowman’s capsule.

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