AP BIOLOGY

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: -The Bowman’s capsule is found in the outer part of the kidney, the cortex. Essentially, the capsule is a sealed, expanded sac at the end of the tubule, the rest of which elongates into a twisted and looped tubule in which urine is formed. Figure 9.2. Structural overview of a nephron, the functional unit of the kidney.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bowman’s capsule surrounds the glomerular capillary loops and participates in the filtration of blood from the glomerular capillaries. Bowman’s capsule also has a structural function and creates a urinary space through which filtrate can enter the nephron and pass to the proximal convoluted tubule.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bowman’s capsule is named after Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), a British surgeon and anatomist. However, thorough microscopical anatomy of kidney including the nephronic capsule was first described by Ukrainian surgeon and anatomist from the Russian Empire, Prof.