I keep getting “Nephron” questions wrong in Excretory Products & Elimination. What's the trap?
thinking the whole kidney filters as one unit.
The usual trap: thinking the whole kidney filters as one unit. How to avoid it: each kidney has about a million nephrons doing the actual filtering. Go back to the definition — the microscopic filtering unit of the kidney where urine formation begins.
Key point
Nephron
Common mistake
thinking the whole kidney filters as one unit.
Memory tip
each kidney has about a million nephrons doing the actual filtering.
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