234 ELEMENTS OF HISTOLOGY, [chap. xxx. 



The capsule of Bowman is a hyaline membrana 

 propria, supported, as mentioned above, by a small 

 amount of connective tissue. On its inner surface 

 there is a continuous layer of nucleated epithelial 



Fig. 134. From a Section through the Cortical Substance of the 

 Kidney of a Human Foetus, showing a Malpighian corpuscle. 



a, Glomerulus ; 6, tissue of the glonierulus; e, epithelium covering the 

 glomerulus ; d, flattened epithelium lining Bowman's capsule ; e, the 

 capsule itself; /, uriniferous tubules in cross section. (Handbook.) 



cells, in the young state of polyhedral shape, in the 

 adult state squamous. 



The glomerulus is a network of convoluted 

 capillary blood-vessels, separated from one another 

 by scanty connective tissue, chiefly in the shape 

 of a few connective tissue corpuscles. The capil- 

 laries are grouped together in two to five lobules. 

 The whole surface of the glomerulus is lined with 

 a delicate membrana propria, and a continuous layer 



