Nephron: Introduction and Structure
The structural and functional unit of kidney is called nephron. There are millions of nephrons (1-1.3 million) in each kidney. The count of nephron decreases after about 45 to 50 years of age at the rate of 0.8% to 1% every year. Nephron is generally formed by two parts: a) Renal corpuscle or malphigian corpuscles … Read more