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Also known as nephrons
The nephron is the minute or microscopic structural and functional unit of the kidney. It is composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule. The renal corpuscle consists of a tuft of capillaries called a glomerulus and a cup-shaped structure called Bowman's capsule. The renal tubule extends from the capsule. The capsule and tubule are connected and are composed of epithelial cells with a lumen. A healthy adult has 1 to 1.5 million nephrons in each kidney. Blood is filtered as it passes through three layers: the endothelial cells of the capillary wall, its basement membrane, and between the p
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A nephron is the tiny filtering unit that makes up your kidney, consisting of a bundle of blood vessels called a glomerulus nestled in a cup-shaped structure, along with a connected tubule made of specialized cells. These microscopic units matter because they filter your blood—with roughly 1 to 1.5 million nephrons in each kidney, they work together to remove waste and help regulate what your body keeps and gets rid of.
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Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Nephron
- Anatomy.Image
- Kidney Nephron.svg
- Anatomy.Caption
- Diagram (left) of a long juxtamedullary nephron and (right) of a short cortical nephron. The left nephron is labelled with six named nephron segments. Collecting duct is the last part of the nephron.
- Anatomy.Width
- 240
- Anatomy.Precursor
- Metanephric blastema (intermediate mesoderm)
- Anatomy.System
- Urinary system
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Research
104,356 papers- Nephron organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells model kidney development and injury.Nature biotechnology · 2015Morizane R, Lam AQ, Freedman BS et al.DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3392
- Kidney Nephron Determination.