Meaning Bowman's capsule
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Bowman's capsule


A cup-shaped receptacle in the vertebrate kidney that is the initial, expanded segment of the nephron where filtrate enters from the blood.
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Bowman's capsule


(bo´manz kap´sul) See glomerular capsule. brachial plexus
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Bowman's capsule


A double-walled epithelial capsule that is the bulbous closed proximal end of the Kidney tubular system. It surrounds the cluster of convoluted Capillaries of Kidney Glomerulus and is continuous with [..]
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Bowman's capsule


AKA: capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule A cup-shaped structure with a thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organ [..]
Source: groups.molbiosci.northwestern.edu





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