nephron

Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.

• 🇩🇪Eine der kleinen Röhren, die die Ausscheidungseinheit der Niere von Wirbeltieren bilden; sie filtert das Blut und bildet Urin.

1. Functional unit of the kidney C1 formal medical

   Any of the microscopic tubular structures in the vertebrate kidney that filter blood, reabsorb water and nutrients, and produce urine.

   • Each human kidney contains about one million nephrons.
   • The nephron is responsible for filtering waste products from the blood.
   • Damage to the nephrons can lead to kidney disease.

   🇩🇪Funktionelle Einheit der Niere

• nephrons plural form
• nephrons' possessive plural form
• nephron's possessive singular form