VASCULAR
THE NEPHRON
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Question
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Each kidney contains how many nephrons?
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1 million
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10 million
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1 billion
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10 billion
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Whereas the studies agree that average nephron number is approximately 900, 000 to 1 million per kidney, numbers for individual kidneys range from approximately 200, 000 to >2.5 million.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nephron is functional unit of the kidney, the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood. There are about 1, 000, 000 nephrons in each human kidney, each of which is capable of forming urine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Every kidney has about one million nephrons. In the nephron, a glomerulus-which is a tiny blood vessel, or capillary-intertwines with a tiny urine-collecting tube called a tubule.
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