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The blood plasma is filtered through the capillaries of the glomerulus into the capsule. The Bowman's capsule empties the filtrate into the proximal tubule that is also part of the nephron. A glomerulus receives its blood supply from an afferent arteriole of the renal circulation.he glomerulus is a tuft of small blood vessels called capillaries located within Bowman's capsule within the kidney. Between the capillaries and Bowman's capsule lies mesangium.
Renal capsule â Ultrafiltration The renal artery splits into numerous arterioles, each feeding a nephron. The arteriole splits into numerous capillaries, which form a knot called a glomerulus. The glomerulus is enclosed by the renal capsule (or Bowmanâs capsule)- the first part of the nephron.he renal artery carries blood to the kidney, while the renal vein carries blood, now with far lower concentrations of urea and mineral ions, away from the kidney. The urine formed passes down the ureter to the bladder. Ureter (urine out) The important part of the kidney is a folded tube called a nephron.