Are nephrons living or non living? How big are they?

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Nephrons are living and are made up of living cells. A normal human kidney contain 8 lakh to 1.5 million nephrons. Nephron is a network of tubules and are measured on the basis of their length. Total length of a single human nephron is about 3cm.

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