Bowman'scapsule

Bowman'scapsule
Bow·man's capsule (bōʹmənz) n.
A double-walled, cup-shaped structure around the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water.
  [After Sir William Bowman (1816-1892), British surgeon.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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