Bowman's capsule

[boh-muh nz] /ˈboʊ mənz/
noun, Anatomy
1.
a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron.
Compare Malpighian corpuscle.
Origin
1880-85; named after Sir William Bowman (1816-92), English surgeon
Word Origin and History for Bowman's capsule

1882, named for English surgeon William Bowman (1816-1892).

Bowman's capsule in Medicine

Bowman's capsule Bow·man's capsule (bō'mənz)
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. Also called malpighian capsule.

Bowman's capsule in Science
Bowman's capsule
  (bō'mənz)   
A 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. Bowman's capsule is named after its identifier, English physician and physiologist, Sir William Bowman (1816-1892).