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Bowman's capsule

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Bow·man's capsule (bmnz)
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. Also called malpighian capsule.
Bowman's capsule
The structure surrounding the glomerulus.
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Bowman's capsule
a two-layered cellular envelope enclosing the tuft of capillaries constituting the glomerulus of the kidney; called also glomerular capsule, malpighian capsule.
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