alleryThe basic structural and functional unit of the kidney is the:
Aneuron
Balveolus
Cnephron
Dvillus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. nephron
Each kidney holds about a million nephrons.
A nephron is the smallest filtering unit
neurons are nerve cells, alveoli are lung sacs.
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