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Excretory System and Kidneys

Nephron

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Nephron is a tubular structure present in the kidney.
It filters the wastes from the blood.
It is known as the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney.
They are the microscopic structure composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule.
There are about millions of nephrons in each human kidney.

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