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The normal human kidney has about a million nephrons, but that number can vary widely. There has been research that shows a relationship between having significantly fewer nephrons and having hypertension.
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What is the microscopic anatomical unit of excretion found in the kidney?
Nephron
What is the functional portion or parenchyma of the kidney?
That would be the nephron.
What is the structural unit of the kidney?
Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephron It is composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule. The renal corpuscle consists of a glomerulus and the Bowman's capsule. It is the nephron's initial filtering component. The components of the renal tubule are the proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle and the distal convoluted tubule.
Is a nephron a molecule?
A Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. It's not a molecule, more likely a small portion of the kidney that helps the kidney work.
What is the smallest unit of kidney?
Nephron
What is smallest unit of kidney?
Nephron
Which is the functional unit of a kidney?
nephron.
What is the nephron the basic unit of?
kidney
Which part of the kidney filters blood?
The structure that filters the blood in the kidneys is the nephron, or more specifically the glomerulus.
What are the individual unit of the kidney called?
Nephron is the functional unit of the kidney.
Functial unit of kidney is?
The functional unit of a kidney is called the nephron.
What is the small filtering unit for the kidney?
nephron
