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Meaning of "nephron"

nephron (noun) - a structural and functional unit of the kidney responsible for filtering blood and producing urine. Example: Each nephron contains a glomerulus and a tubule
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  • The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.

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Each nephron has a glomerulus and tubules.
Glomeruli are components of a filtration unit called a nephron.
Most of the nephron is in the cortex only.
Renal anatomy and overview of nephron function.
Each nephron is differentiated into two parts.
All five parts together are called the nephron.
Each nephron is designed to produce urine by itself.
It helps me really kind of internalize what the nephron is up to.
The nephron is a tiny excretory unit of the kidney.
So we are going to talk about the kidney and the nephron.
Each nephron has its own blood supply.
Glucose is never secreted by a healthy nephron.
Each nephron has a cluster of blood vessels called glomerulus.
We named all the different parts of the nephron.
Identification of adult nephron progenitors capable of kidney regeneration in zebrafish.

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This is our image of the nephron.
The inside of the nephron maybe looks something like this.
The glomerulus functions as a filter within the nephron.
The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidney.
So let me draw here a nephron.
Associated with each such spot was a nephron devoid of intravascular fluorescence.
Glomerulopathy is a set of diseases affecting the glomeruli of the nephron.
The liquid left behind in the nephron following filtration is called.
The capillaries that surround the tubules of the nephron.
Chloride transport in the distal nephron is a key element of these two processes.
I will actually show you all the parts of the nephron.
Each nephron is made up of a blood vessel and a tube that collects urine.
Not a lot of blood is moving through the nephron as a result.
A method of increasing the nephron mass of a recipient in need thereof is described herein.
Each of the arteries ends in a blood filtration unit called a nephron.
This is the only place in the nephron that contains cuboidal cells.
This is caused by inhibition of tubular secretion of creatinine in the nephron by cobicistat.
Some diseases of the nephron predominantly affect either the glomeruli or the tubules.
The principal site of apoptotic cell death is the distal nephron.
Blood enters the first part of the nephron called the glomerulus.
The is a cuplike structure that is part of the closed end of a nephron.
Each nephron segment has a differential blood supply regulating the ionic gradient.
So we know that this is basically what the nephron looks like.
A nephron consists of a filtering unit of tiny blood vessels called a glomerulus attached to a tubule.
Tubule of the nephron.
Nephron A nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney.
Schematic of a nephron.
Lead image and diagram of the nephron created by EuroStemCell using Servier Medical Art.
Reabsorption of water by the proximal and distal convoluted tubules of the nephron.
And aldosterone and angiotensin work in areas of the nephron that are permeable to water.
It is found between afferent arteriole and the distal convoluted tubule of the same nephron.
There is a collecting duct at the end of each nephron in the renal medulla.
Immunohistochemical staining with Ret antiserum revealed the presence of Ret in a developing nephron.
Glomerular hyperfiltration is a glomerular adaptation to nephron loss associated with hyperglycemia and diabetes.
Electrolytes that maintain blood pH may be secreted from the blood into the nephron.

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