GENERAL HISTOLOGY

EXCRETORY SYSTEM

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What are the filtering units inside the kidneys?
A
nephrons
B
ureters
C
capillaries
D
alveoli
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Each of your kidneys is made up of about a million filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron includes a filter, called the glomerulus, and a tubule. The nephrons work through a two-step process: the glomerulus filters your blood, and the tubule returns needed substances to your blood and removes wastes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The nephron includes a filter called glomerulus, a tubule. The nephron includes a filter called the glomerulus, and tubule.

Detailed explanation-3: -The nephron is the filtering unit of the kidney. The nephron is called so because it removes harmful wastes from the blood, such as urea, uric acids, and excess of water. These wastes get filtered from the blood and excreted out as urine and useful products are reabsorbed by the tubular part of the nephron.

Detailed explanation-4: -“The tiny functional units within the kidneys that perform this filtration are called nephrons, and each kidney contains somewhere around 1 million of these microscopic filtering systems, ” said Jenine Vecchio, M.D., endocrinologist at Inspira Medical Group Endocrinology in Sicklerville.

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