Bowman's capsule
Bowman's capsule (or the Bowman capsule, capsula glomeruli, or glomerular capsule) is a cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine. A glomerulus is enclosed in the sac. Fluids from blood in the glomerulus are collected in the Bowman's capsule.
| Bowman's capsule | |
|---|---|
Glomerulus (red), Bowman's capsule (blue) and proximal tubule (green) | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | Metanephric blastema |
| Location | Nephron of kidney |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | capsula glomeruli |
| MeSH | D050476 |
| FMA | 15626 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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