The functional unit of a kidney is called the nephron.
The filtering unit of the kidney is the nephrons.
Nephron is the functional unit of the kidney.
The smallest functional andstructural unit of kidney is called as -
The glomeruli.
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This unit is called the nephron.nephronnephronsglomerulus/ glomeruli and associated nephronsnephrons
The microscopic, functional unit of the kidney and the site of urine-production is the Nephron.
Actually ,it would be a disease stopping it from functioning.The basic unit of the filteration would be that the kidney cleans out your blood system.the kidney makes the blood flow.Without the kidney you would most likey die unless someone gives you one. I think the answer you are looking for is the nephron. The nephron is the basic funtioning unit of the kidney.
The nephron is the basic unit of the kidney . Similarly the neuron is the basic unit of the nervous system . So,each kidney would be made up of several nephrons.