| Pronunciation: | | 'nefrân
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[n] any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney |
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NEPHRON is a 7 letter word that starts with N. |
| | Synonyms: | | uriniferous tubule |
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| | See Also: | | kidney, malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle, tubule |
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The microscopic structure in the kidney in which blood is filtered and urine is formed. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | This is the structural and functional unit of the kidney, each consists of a glomerulus and renal tubule. There are about 1.3 million nephrons in each human kidney. |
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