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What are described as the functional units of the kidney?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how many nephrons do the afferent arterioles serve in each kidney?Read the answer and worked solution →The glomerulus together with Bowman's capsule forms which structure?Read the answer and worked solution →A frontal section of the kidney shows an outer and an inner region. What are they called?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What are described as the functional units of the kidney?

  1. The kidney nephrons
  2. The renal pyramids
  3. The renal calyces
  4. The renal columns
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Correct answer: A. The kidney nephrons

1. The kidney's cleansing work happens in repeating microscopic units. 2. Nephrons are the functional units of the kidney; they cleanse the blood and balance the circulation. 3. Pyramids, columns, and calyces are gross anatomy landmarks, not the working units. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 25 "The Urinary System", section Nephrons and Vessels_

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Roughly how many nephrons do the afferent arterioles serve in each kidney?

  1. About 13,000
  2. About 1.3 million
  3. About 130 million
  4. About 13 billion
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Correct answer: B. About 1.3 million

1. Each kidney holds a vast number of nephrons. 2. The afferent arterioles service about 1.3 million nephrons in each kidney. 3. The other figures are off by factors of a hundred or more. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 25 "The Urinary System", section Nephrons and Vessels_

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The glomerulus together with Bowman's capsule forms which structure?

  1. The renal pyramid
  2. The collecting duct
  3. The renal corpuscle
  4. The renal pelvis
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Correct answer: C. The renal corpuscle

1. The nephron begins at a tuft of high-pressure capillaries, the glomerulus. 2. The proximal end of the tubule surrounds it as Bowman's capsule. 3. Together the glomerulus and Bowman's capsule form the renal corpuscle. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 25 "The Urinary System", section Nephrons and Vessels_

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