Describe the functional unit of kidney
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The nephron is the 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 an encompassing Bowman's capsule. ... A healthy adult has 0.8 to 1.5 million nephrons in each kidney.
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Nephron is the structural and functional unit of kidney. A million nephrons constitute each of the two kidneys.
A nephron begins with a cup-shaped sect called the Bowman's capsule that has a cluster of things blood capillaries known as the glomerulus. From the Bowman's capsule, extends the tubular part of a nephron.
The tubular part is categorized into three different sections:-
- Distal Convoluted Tubule
- Loop of Henle
- Proximal Convoluted Tubule
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