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Bowman's capsule
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English
thumb|150px|Bowman's capsule (top) and glomerulus
Alternative forms
en Bowman capsule
Etymology
Named after Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet Sir William Bowman (1816–1892), English surgeon and histologist, who identified it in 1842.
Noun
en anatomy A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney.
Synonyms
en capsula glomeruli
en glomerular capsule
Related terms
en Bowman's space
Translations
cup-like sac
Catalan: ca càpsula glomerular f, ca càpsula de Bowman f
Finnish: fi keräsenkotelo
Hungarian: hu Bowman-tok
Japanese: ja ボーマン嚢
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr qepsûla Bowman f
Swedish: sv Bowmans kapsel c
Further reading
en eponyms