HISTOLOGY
URINARY SYSTEM
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Question
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What word best describes the function of nephrons?
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tube
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filter
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passageway
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reservoir
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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. Each nephron has a glomerulus to filter your blood and a tubule that returns needed substances to your blood and pulls out additional wastes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Water Filtration and Reabsorption in the Nephron In the glomerulus, water is initially filtered out, along with the other solutes e.g. Na+, K+ and glucose.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each nephron has a glomerulus, the site of blood filtration. The glomerulus is a network of capillaries surrounded by a cuplike structure, the glomerular capsule (or Bowman’s capsule).
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