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Why are nephrons considered the structeral and functional units of the kidney?

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Where are all the proximal and distal convoluted tubules of the kidney located?

If you are talking about the proximal/distal convoluted tubules. Then you are talking about a kidney, and in between them is the nephron loop or the Loop of Henle


The functional units of the kidneys are called?

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?

It is known as the nephron.


Where is the Loop of Henle located?

The Loop of Henle is situated in the Kidney. It is a part of the nephron.


Where is the nephron loop located?

Filtration, Reabsorption, and Secretion


Which part of excretory system is nephron located?

The nephron is located in the kidneys, which are part of the excretory system. Each kidney contains thousands of nephrons, which are responsible for filtering waste products and excess substances from the blood to form urine.


What is the microscopic anatomical unit of excretion found in the kidney?

Nephron


What is the basic filtrations units of the kidney?

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.


Which is the main site of fluid filtration in the kidney nephron?

The main site of fluid filtration in the kidney nephron is the glomerulus, which is a network of capillaries located in the renal corpuscle of the nephron. Here, blood is filtered to form the initial filtrate that will eventually become urine through the process of ultrafiltration.


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.