Malpighian Capsule

 

                                                                         Marcello Malpighi 

                                                           Father Of Microscopical Anatomy  

 

 

Malpighian Capsule 

 

The Malpighian capsule—also known as the Malpighian corpuscle or renal corpuscle—is the blood-filtering component of the nephron, composed of a glomerulus and the surrounding Bowman's capsule. 

Its history is a 200-year story of pioneering microscopy.

17th Century – Discovery by Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694):

• Italian biologist Marcello Malpighi, the "founder of microscopical anatomy," first described these "dark, vascular structures" in 1666.
• He described them as fruit suspended from a branch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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