Question

Each human kidney has nearly:

• A. 10,000 nephrons
• B. 50,000, nephrons
• C. 1,00,000 nephrons
• D. 1 million nephrons

Answer 1

The correct option is D 1 million nephrons

In humans, a normal kidney contains 800,000 to 1.5 million nephrons. The nephrons carry out the functions of the kidney and are known as the functional units of a kidney. Nephrons act as filtering units thereby removing the toxic materials from the blood. From the given options, the number which comes the closest to the number of nephrons in a kidney is 1 million.

So, the correct answer is option D.