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Bowman's capsule

Bowman's capsule (or the Bowman capsule, capsula glomeruli, or glomerular capsule) is a cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine. A glomerulus is enclosed in the sac. Fluids from blood in the glomerulus are collected in the Bowman's…

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Location
Nephron of kidney
FMA
15626
Latin
capsula glomeruli
MeSH
D050476
Precursor
Metanephric blastema

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Bowman's capsule

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples29
Avg. degree1.96
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related to history · 17
Bowman's capsule → About Kidney Structure, Alexander Schumlansky, Bowman, Bowman's, British, De, However, Italian, Latin, Malpighian, Marcello Malpighi, Prof, Russian Empire, Sir William Bowman, This, Together, Ukrainian
related to Function · 4
Bowman's capsule → Any, Bowman's, It, The
FMA · 1
Bowman's capsule → 15626
Latin · 1
Bowman's capsule → capsula glomeruli
Location · 1
Bowman's capsule → Nephron of kidney
MeSH · 1
Bowman's capsule → D050476
Precursor · 1
Bowman's capsule → Metanephric blastema

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Bowman's capsuleFMA156261.00infobox
Bowman's capsuleLatincapsula glomeruli1.00infobox
Bowman's capsuleLocationNephron of kidney1.00infobox
Bowman's capsuleMeSHD0504761.00infobox
Bowman's capsulePrecursorMetanephric blastema1.00infobox
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Bowman's capsulerelated to FunctionThe0.60section
Bowman's capsulerelated to FunctionBowman's0.60section
Bowman's capsulerelated to FunctionIt0.60section
Bowman's capsulerelated to FunctionAny0.60section

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