MICROANATOMY

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 is named after Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), a British surgeon and anatomist.

Detailed explanation-3: -The glomerular or Bowman’s capsule, which surrounds the glomerulus, consists of a basement membrane, lined on its inner surface by a layer of flattened epithelial cells, which are reflected from the lining membrane on to the glomerulus, at the point of entrance or exit of the afferent and efferent vessels.