alleryThe functional unit of the kidney is the
Anephron
Bneuron
Calveolus
Dnephridium
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. nephron
1. Each kidney contains nearly one million complex tubular structures.
2. Those structures are the nephrons, and they are the functional units of the kidney.
3. A neuron is the functional unit of the nervous system, not the kidney.
4. Confusing nephron with neuron is the commonest slip here.
_Source: syllabus Biology Ch16 'Excretory Products and their Elimination', section 16.1_
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