The glomerulus together with Bowman's capsule is called the

1. The renal tubule begins with a double walled cup like structure, Bowman's capsule. 2. That capsule encloses the glomerulus. 3. The two together are called the malpighian body, also known as the renal corpuscle. 4. The juxta glomerular apparatus is a separate sensitive region formed where the distal tubule contacts the afferent arteriole. 5. Columns of Bertini are extensions of cortex between the medullary pyramids. _Source: NCERT Class 11 Biology Ch16 'Excretory Products and their Elimination', section 16.1_