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The functional unit of the kidney is the:
AAlveolus
BBladder
CGlomerulus alone
DNephron
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Nephron
Nephron is the kidney's filtering unit: glomerulus + Bowman's capsule + tubule. Each kidney has about a million nephrons.
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