Kidney

... medulla. The outside is covered by the renal capsule , which is a layer of loose connective tissue . ... glomerulus ", which protrudes into the Bowman's capsule . Each glomerulus is supplied with blood by an ... of the glomerulus and the neighbouring Bowman's capsule wall to produce the glomerular filtrate, which ...

Nephron

... , surrounded by a hollow bulb known as Bowman's capsule . Bowman's capsule leads into a long, convoluted tubule consisting ... showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Bowman's capsule 2 Proximal tubule 3 Loop of Henle ...

Joint

... of a diarthrosis is contained by a ligamentous sac called the articluar capsule . The surfaces of the two bones at the joint are covered in cartilage . ... lubricates the articular cartilage. The synovium is separated from the capsule by a layer of celluar tissue that contains blood vessels and nerves. ...

Osmoregulation

... unit of vertebrate kidney) structure known as the glomerulus into Bowman's capsule or glomerular capsule (in the kidney's cortex) and flows down the proximal convoluted tubule to ...

Passive transport

... Depending on the size of the membrane pores, only solutes of a certain size may pass through it. For example, the membrane pores of the Bowman's capsule in the kidneys are very small, and only albumin , the smallest of the proteins, have any chance of being filtered through. On the other hand, the ...