AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The renal corpuscle, located in the renal cortex, is made up of a network of capillaries known as the glomerulus and the capsule, a cup-shaped chamber that surrounds it, called the glomerular or Bowman’s capsule.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each glomerulus is surrounded by a “C"-shaped structure called the Bowman’s Capsule. It is here that materials such as urea, salts, water, glucose, & others pass from the blood into the nephron.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each nephron contains a network of small blood vessels, called glomerulus, which are enclosed in a sac called Bowman’s capsule.

Detailed explanation-4: -It’s also described as being “cup-like.” The capsule is made up of two layers. One is the outer layer, called the parietal layer. This layer is made of body tissue known as simple squamous epithelium.

Detailed explanation-5: -7.6 The Bowman’s capsule The Bowman’s capsule surrounds the glomerulus (Fig. 7.4). It consists of two layers of epithelial cells-the outer parietal and the inner visceral layer. The epithelial cells that form the visceral layer of Bowman’s capsule are provided with foot-like processes known as podocytes (Fig.