Definition of "nephrons" [nephrons]

• Plural form of nephron. (noun)

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• "[39] physiologists developed in the 1930s micropuncture techniques to sample fluid in different segments of the countless 'nephrons' - each a unit of kidney anatomy comprising a glomerular filtration apparatus spilling into a variably convoluted tubule, all of which collects in ducts leading to the urinary bladder."
• "The more advanced mammalian kidney is a paired compact organ with functional units, called nephrons, that filter the blood, reabsorbing water and nutrients and secreting wastes, producing the final urine."
• "This dehydration occurs when microscopic renal tubules called nephrons become so dysfunctional they can’t do their job of re-absorbing water or salts back into the body."