ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bowman’s capsule is known by other names, including the glomerular capsule, the Malpighian capsule and the renal corpuscular capsule. Bowman’s space also has other names, including glomerular capsule space, filtration space and urinary space.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bowman’s capsule and the glomerulus together constitute the renal corpuscle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Named after Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), English surgeon and histologist, who identified it in 1842.

Detailed explanation-4: -The glomerulus is a network of capillaries known as a tuft located at the beginning of nephrons in the kidney. Intraglomerular mesangial cells support the structure of the tuft. The blood in the tuft is filter’s capsule. Then the filtrate of water and soluble substances enters the renal tubules of the nephron.

Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: The bowmans capsule are blind end of the nephron tubule forming a cup-shaped swelling, which surrounds the glomerulus. The porous capillaries and specialized cells of the capsule are permeable to water and small solutes, but not to blood cells or large molecules such as plasma proteins.