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Bowmans capsule is part of the functioanl unit of the kidney called the nephron. The kidney job in the body is to filter blood and remove wastes via the urine. At the very start of each nephron is a very smalle blood network called the glomerulus. The diameter pf the vessel leaving the glomerulus (the efferent vessel) is smaller than that coming to the glomerulus (the afferent vessel) and so a large pressure occurs. This helps push the wastes as well as some nutrients and a lot of water out of the glomerulus. To stop if all just floating of into the body a a structue surround the glomerulus and takes up all the thing the glomerulus lets out. This is the glomerulus and it passes what it gets on through the vessels of the nephron where much is reabsorbed and the rest is excreted as urine.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 16y agoThe Bowman's capsule is also called the juxtaglomerular capsule and it is part of a nephron unit in the kidneys that helps the filtration process to produce urine.
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∙ 13y agoIt carries water and minerals which are filtered out from the blood through glomerulus.
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∙ 11y agoFluid is passed through the glomerulus at high pressures, leading to ultrafiltration.
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What C-shaped structure in the nephron surrounds the glomerulus?
Bowman's Capsule
Which layer of the bowmans capsule do the special cells known as podocytes belong?
visceral
Do blood cells pass from the glomerulus to Bowmans capsule?
Yes, filtered blood from the glomerulus passes to the Bowman's capsule also called the renal capsule.
What condition would lead to an increase in the amount of fluid entering the bowmans capsule?
constriction of the efferent arterioles
What are the parts of a nephron in order?
distal convoluted tubule, glomerulus, loop of henle, bowmans capsule, proximal convoluted tubule
What C-shaped structure in the nephron surrounds the glomerulus?
Bowman's Capsule
A cup-like structure that encases the glomerulus is?
bowmans capsule
Do blood cells pass from the glomerulus to Bowmans capsule?
Yes, filtered blood from the glomerulus passes to the Bowman's capsule also called the renal capsule.
Which layer of the bowmans capsule do the special cells known as podocytes belong?
visceral
Where does the word bowmans capsule came from?
Bowman's capsule is named after Sir William Bowman (1816-1892), a British surgeon and anatomist.
The thin barrier at the Bowmans capsule allows for the filtration of what?
Glomular filtrate, blood plasma
In the nephron where does glomerular filtration take place?
Glomerulus (Renal Corpuscle)
Why does a rattlesnake bite cause blood to appear in the urine?
Rattlesnake venom breaks down the walls of glomerulus. The glomerulus is part of the nephron which is located in tour kidneys. The glomerulus filters your blood and the un needed material gets sent to the bowmans capsule in the nephron. The the gunk from the bowmans capsule makes its way into the urine. So when a rattlesnake bites you the blood goes right into you bowmans capsule making its way into the urine.
What is the cup-shaped closed end of the renal tubule that surrounds the glomerulus?
bowmans capsulebowmans capsule
What is the C-shaped structure surrounding the glomerulus that acts as a filter in the formation of urine?
Bowmans capsule
Where and how does process of glomerular filtration occur?
it occurs in the glomerulare (Bowman's) capsule.
What condition would lead to an increase in the amount of fluid entering the bowmans capsule?
constriction of the efferent arterioles
