1. BOWMAN'S CAPSULE/PRESSURE FILTRATION:

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• Is a double-walled cup that lies in the CORTEX region of the kidney

• It functions to catch and collect filtrate from the glomerulus capillaries

• It encloses a capillary network called the glomerulus 

• THE GLOMERULUS AND BOWMAN'S CAPSULE MAKE THE RENAL CORPUSCLE (**this will be on the test**)

• The outer layer of the capsule is separates from the inner layer by a CAPSULAR SPACE

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• The passage of water and solutes at the glomerulus and the formation of the glomerular filtrate depends on the pressure at the afferent arteriole.

  • If the pressure rises then filtration rate rises, if the pressure decreases the filtration rate does as well.​

    • This pressure is so well regulated by the body that the filtration rate per day stays almost constant!​

• After the formation of filtrate, selective reabsorption and secretion modify the urine depending on our bodies needs.

• Blood pressure forces small particles and water to be squeezed into the Bowman's capsule from the glomerulus capillaries.