Nephron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nephron (from Greek νεφρός [nephros] meaning "kidney") is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. Its chief function is to regulate the concentration of water and soluble substances l...
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Health professionals use the term “renal function” to talk about how efficiently the kidneys filter blood. People with two healthy kidneys have ... If glucose stays in the blood instead of breaking down, it can act like a poison. Damage to the nephrons from unused glucose in the blood is called diabetic kidney disease.
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Reabsorption of sodium, glucose, potassium, amino acids, bicarbonate, phosphate, urea, water (ADH not required) ... Secretion of hydrogen ions & foreign substances ... Concentration of urine...
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classes.kumc.edu/son/nurs420/unit10/nephron.htm
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The nephron, which branches into capillaries associated with the glomerulus, causes water and solutes from the blood to filter.
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This blood vessel supplies blood to the kidney from the left hand side of the heart. This blood must contain glucose and oxygen because the kidney has to work hard producing urine. Blood in the renal artery must have sufficient pressure or the kidney will not be able to filter the blood.
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Inside each kidney about a million tiny structures called nephrons filter blood. They remove waste products and extra water, which become urine. The urine flows through tubes called ureters to your bladder, which stores the urine until you go to the bathroom.
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Here are some general information regarding the functioning of the human kidneys, as well as what urine tests can determine. ... Urine is formed when the nephrons filter the blood plasma and the filtrate (or wastes) is converted into urine. This action clears the blood plasma of wastes and non-essential materials.
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D) Inner medullary region - contains renal columns & pyramids (site of nephrons); C) Basic function of nephron: 1) filter blood and produce filtrate via three-step process... VI. Filtrate Production: A) Three-step process: 1) glomerular filtration a) filter fluid & waste solutes out of blood ;
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Distal renal tubular acidosis - Overview, Distal renal tubular acidosis is a disease that occurs when the kidneys don't remove acid properly into the urine, leaving the blood too acidic (called acidosis). ... Kidney - blood and urine flow...
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