nephron

A kidney's microscopic functional unit begins with a renal corpuscle and continues through a tubule, where reabsorption and secretion modify the filtrate before it enters a collecting duct.

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English: nephron
Norwegian: nefron
Japanese: ネフロン — ねふろん — nefuron
Korean: 네프론 — nepeuron
Spanish: nefrona
French: néphron
German: Nephron

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