• Question: what is the nephron made out of?

    Asked by carloscaglia to Keith on 22 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Keith Siew

      Keith Siew answered on 22 Jun 2013:

      Hi Carlos,

      So the nephrons of the kidneys are the tiny functional units that do all the work… there is anywhere between 800, 000 – 1,200,000 per kidney in a young healthy adult.

      The nephron itself is made up of a long twisted bundle of tubes, and these tubes are themselves made up of many different cell types that do various jobs.

      To give you an idea of what a nephron looks like take a look here:
      http://tinyurl.com/lkzfxwm

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