Bowman's capsule

Bowman's capsule
Bow·man's capsule .bō-mənz- n a thin membranous double-walled capsule surrounding the glomerulus of a vertebrate nephron through which glomerular filtrate passes to the proximal convoluted tubule called also capsule of Bowman, glomerular capsule see RENAL CORPUSCLE
Bowman Sir William (1816-1892)
British ophthalmologist, anatomist, and physiologist. Bowman was the foremost ophthalmic surgeon of 19th-century Britain. He is known in particular for his studies of the anatomy and physiology of the eye; the structure now known as Bowman's membrane was described by him in 1847. Bowman is equally notable for his studies of the kidney and urinary secretion; his original description of Bowman's capsule was published in 1842. In addition to these achievements, he discovered and described striated muscle in 1840.

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the cup-shaped end of a nephron, which encloses a knot of blood capillaries (glomerulus). It is the site of primary filtration of the blood into the kidney tubule.
Sir W. P. Bowman (1816-92), British physician

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  • Bowman's capsule — 1882, named for English surgeon William Bowman (1816 1892) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Bowman's capsule — noun Etymology: Sir William Bowman died 1892 English surgeon Date: circa 1860 a thin membranous double walled capsule surrounding the glomerulus of a vertebrate nephron …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Bowman's capsule — /boh meuhnz/, Anat. a membranous, double walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron. Cf. Malpighian corpuscle. [1880 85; named after Sir William Bowman (1816 92), English surgeon] * * * …   Universalium

  • Bowman's capsule — Bow′man s cap′sule [[t]ˈboʊ mənz[/t]] n. anat. a membranous, double walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron • Etymology: 1880–85; after Sir William Bowman (1816–92), English surgeon …   From formal English to slang

  • Bowman's capsule — the cup shaped end of a nephron, which encloses a knot of blood capillaries (glomerulus). It is the site of primary filtration of the blood into the kidney tubule. [Sir W. P. Bowman (1816–92), British physician] …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Bowman's capsule — noun A cup like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney. Syn: capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule …   Wiktionary

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  • Bowman — may refer to:Places;Bowman Island* Bowman Peninsula;Australia * Division of Bowman, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives * Bowman Park, South Australia;Canada * Bowmanville, Ontario;United States * Bowman, Georgia *… …   Wikipedia

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