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 what are nephrons?

Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of kidney. It acts as filters and removes the waste products from blood and forms urine. After filtration, the reabsorption of essential ions and water takes place.

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 Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. Its chief function is to regulate the concentration of water and soluble substances like sodium salts by filtering the blood, reabsorbing what is needed and excreting the rest as urine.  .

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 a single excretory unit especially of the vertebrate kidney typically consisting of a Malpighian corpuscle, proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule, collecting tubule, and vascular and supporting tissues and discharging by way of a renal papilla into the renal pelvis.

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