Bowman 's capsule (or the Bowman capsule, capsula glomeruli, or glomerular capsule) is a cup - like sack 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 capsule (i.e., glomerular filtrate) and further processed along the nephron to form: urine. This process is known as ultrafiltration. The Bowman 's capsule is named after Sir William Bowman, who identified it in 1842.
where is the site of the glomerulus and bowman's capsule located
at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney