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Also Known As renal corpuscular capsule • capsular glomeruli • glomerular capsule • Bowman capsule • malpighian capsule

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Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi
Italian scientist
Bowman, Sir William, 1st Baronet
Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet
English surgeon and histologist