Bowman's capsule

Bowman's capsule (top) and glomerulus

Meaning

A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney.

Named after Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), English surgeon and histologist, who identified it in 1842.

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