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Answered 2009-09-26 21:38:28
Why are nephrons considered the structeral and functional units of the kidney?
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Is the functional unit of the kidney is the ureter?
The functional units of the kidney are nephrons
Functional unit of the kidney?
nephrons
What are the microscopic functional units of each kidney called?
The microscopic functional units of the kidney are the nephrons. Nephrons filter nitrogenous wastes from the blood.
What is the basic functional unit of the kidney?
Nephrons
Which structure is the functional unit of the kidney that forms urine?
The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney that forms urine.
Functional unit of the kidney is known as?
The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron. Each kidney is made up of 1.25 million nephrons. A doctor specializing in kidneys is a nephrologist.
Each of the thousands of functional units that make up a kidney is called a?
Nephrons.
In each kidney there are nephrons?
Yes, many in each kidney. Nephrons are the functional unit of the kidney where filtration of the blood contents occurs and urine is produced - and its degree of concentration is determined. Various hormones and sympathetic stimulants act on the kidney to regulate these processes.
What are the functional units of the kidney and approximately how many are located with in each kidney?
nephrons, and there is not really an approximate number it ranges from millions to billions
What are the of Nephron?
The nephron is the basic and functional unit of the Kidney. It is also know as the urinary tubule. There are more than a million nephrons in a normal kidney.
What are the functioning units of the kidneys?
kidney functional unites are Nephrons, they are responsible for the removal of metabolic waste and maintenance of water and electrolyte balance. each kidney contains 1-1.5 million nephrons. hope that helps :)
How many nephrons per kidney?
Each kidney has about 1,000,000 nephrons.
Why is the kidney considered the main organ of the urinary system?
Because it plays a major role in fillteration of blood through nephrons ( smallest and functional unit of kidney) and ultimately form the urine by diluting the filter, remains from blood.
Where does the formation of urine filtration takes place?
In the renal corpuscle, which is a filtration unit of vertebrate nephrons, functional units of the kidney.
How many nephrons are in a kidney?
There are about 1 million nephrons in a kidney. Most humans have 2 kidneys.
Each kidney contains about how many nephrons?
there are for about one million nephrons in a normal human kidney
How many nephrons in each kidney?
In humans, a normal kidney contains 800,000 to 1.5 million nephrons.
How do nephrons function?
Nephrons are the functional unit of the kidneys of the renal system. They are the cells that make up the kidneys and therefore are responsible for its function. They usually have excretory, absorbent, and filtering functions just as the whole kidney does.
Each kidney contains how many nephrons?
Each kidney contains approximately one million nephrons. The nephrons are responsible for the production of urine and the elimination of waste products from the body.
What is the filtering unit of the kidney?
The filtering unit of the kidney is the nephrons.
In which parts of the kidney are nephrons located?
Nephrons are located primarily in the renal cortex.
What are the filtering units of the kidney?
Answer: Nephrons.
What is the fuctional unit of the kidney?
the nephrons
The active units of the kidney are the?
Nephrons.
What is the basic unit of the kidney?
nephrons
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