What is the basic filtration unit in the lungs and in the kidneys?
Answers
Answer:
lung is thealveol
kidney is the 'nephron'
Explanation:
The basic unit of filtration in a lung is thealveoli and the basic 'unit of filtration' in the kidney is the 'nephron'. The 'nephron' is made by the renal corpuscle and a 'renal tubule' the renal corpuscle in turn is made up of Bowman's capsule and glomerulus
Answer:
Alveoli
Structure
Nephrons
Structure
(i) Alveoli are tiny balloon-like structures present inside the lungs.
(i) Nephrons are tubular structures present inside the kidneys.
(ii) The walls of the alveoli are one cell thick and it contains an extensive network of blood capillaries.
(ii) Nephrons are made of glomerulus, bowman’s capsule, and a long renal tube.
Function
Function
(i) The exchange of O2 and CO2 takes place between the blood of the capillaries that surround the alveoli and the gases present in the alveoli.
(i) The blood enters the kidneys through the renal artery. The blood is entered here and the nitrogenous waste in the form of urine is collected by collecting duct.
(ii) Alveoli are the site of gaseous exchange.
(ii) Nephrons are the basic filtration unit.