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Kidney cortex. The single-layered flat epithelium forms the parietal sheet of Bowman's capsule. The nuclei of the epithelial cells are sheathed, the cytoplasm is hardly visible. Inside Bowman's capsule is the glomerulus - a club of blood capillaries - covered by the visceral leaf of Bowman's capsule. Around the renal corpuscle (glomerulus + Bowman's pouch) we see proximal and distal tubules.