glomerular capsule
A cup-like sac at the expanded beginning of a tubular component of a nephron that contains the glomerulus. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman%27s_capsule http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/pvb ]
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glomerular capsule
- Bowman's capsule
- Bowmans capsule
- capsula glomerularis
- renal glomerular capsule
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Fluids from blood in the glomerulus are collected in the Bowman's capsule and further processed along the nephron to form urine. This process is known as ultrafiltration[WP].
One fold of the S-shaped body gives rise to Bowman's capsule[GUDMAP]
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Anatomical structure found in the kidney consisting of an expanded end of a kidney tubule surrounding a glomerulus and is the major site of filtration.[AAO]
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Malphigian capsule, Bowman's capsule, capsula glomeruli, Muellerian capsule, Mueller capsule, pronephric glomerular capsule, Malpighian capsule
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