neph·ron (n f r n)n. Any of the numerous filtering units of the vertebrate kidney that remove waste matter from the blood. [German, from Greek nephros, kidney.] |
nephron [ˈnɛfrɒn]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any of the minute urine-secreting tubules that form the functional unit of the kidneys
| nephron (nfrn) The functional unit of the kidney, in which waste products are filtered from the blood and urine is produced. The nephron consists of a system of tubules in close association with a network of blood vessels. As fluid that is filtered through the glomerulus of the nephron enters the tubules, its composition is gradually changed by the absorption and secretion of solutes, and it eventually leaves the nephron as urine. See more at Bowman's capsuleglomerulusloop of Henle |   |
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| Noun | 1. |  nephron - any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidneytubule - a small tube malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle - the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron kidney - either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder" |
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