BOWMAN'S CAPSULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bowman's capsule mean? 

• BOWMAN'S CAPSULE (noun)
  The noun BOWMAN'S CAPSULE has 1 sense:

1. thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron

  Familiarity information: BOWMAN'S CAPSULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWMAN'S CAPSULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Bowman's capsule; capsula glomeruli; glomerular capsule

Hypernyms ("Bowman's capsule" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Holonyms ("Bowman's capsule" is a part of...):

malpighian body; malpighian corpuscle; renal corpuscle (the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron)

 Context examples 

A kidney function test that measures the fluid volume that is filtered from the kidney glomeruli to the Bowman's capsule per unit of time.

(Glomerular Filtration Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

The new structures contained most of the constituent parts present in human nephrons — including proximal tubules, distal tubules, Bowman's capsule and Loop of Henle.

(Scientists Create Functioning Kidney Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)