Bowman's Capsule

The cortex of each human kidney contains the glomeruli of 1–1.5 million nephrons. The afferent artery intimately inter-acts with the glomerular portion of the nephron, where the afferent artery breaks into a capillary network named the glomerular capillary tuft from which originates the efferent artery. The glomerular vessels are contained within Bowman’s capsule forming the Malpighi an corpuscle . The Malpighi an corpuscles represent small, round, deep red bodies in the cortex of the kidney, each communicating with a renal tubule. They average about 0.2 mm in diameter, with each capsule composed of two parts: a central glomerulus and a glomerular capsule, also called Bowman’s capsule. Bowman’s capsule represents the