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The 37 pages that link to Nephron, each with the reason it gives.

• OsmoregulationBroader topic: Its segmented tubule reabsorbs water and solutes while forming urine.

• Chronic kidney diseaseBroader topic: Loss or injury of nephrons underlies the decline in filtration and regulation.

• UrinalysisBroader topic: Nephron structure explains why some urine findings point to kidney injury.

• AldosteroneNarrower topic: Aldosterone acts chiefly on cells in the nephron’s late distal tubule and collecting duct.

• KidneyBroader topic: Each kidney contains many nephrons that carry out its filtering work.

• Glomerular filtration rateNarrower topic: Each nephron contains a glomerulus that contributes to the kidney’s total filtration rate.

• Glomerular filtrationNarrower topic: Glomerular filtration begins the nephron’s processing of blood-derived fluid.

• Kidney biopsyNarrower topic: Biopsy interpretation often focuses on damage to nephron structures.

• GlomerulusNarrower topic: Each glomerulus begins the work of one nephron.

• UrineBroader topic: Each nephron processes blood into fluid that becomes urine.

• Thiazide diureticNarrower topic: Thiazide action depends on transport processes along this kidney unit.

• Antidiuretic hormoneNarrower topic: Vasopressin acts on the nephron’s terminal segments to adjust water recovery.

• Collecting ductNarrower topic: Nephrons deliver their processed fluid into the collecting system.

• Kidney dialysisBroader topic: Dialysis substitutes for only some functions performed across millions of nephrons.

• Urinary systemBroader topic: Nephrons perform the filtration and processing that begin urine production.

• Kidney stoneBroader topic: Its work determines much of the water and solute composition from which stones form.

• Loop diureticNarrower topic: Loop diuretic action occurs in one specific segment of the nephron.

• Renal excretionBroader topic: Its segments carry out the steps that determine urinary excretion.

• CreatinineBroader topic: Filtration and secretion of creatinine occur across nephron structures.

• Marcello MalpighiNarrower topic: Malpighi’s descriptions of renal structures preceded later accounts of the nephron’s organization.

• SpironolactoneNarrower topic: Spironolactone changes electrolyte handling in the nephron’s late segments.

• DiureticsNarrower topic: Diuretic targets occupy different segments of this urine-forming structure.

• NephrocalcinosisNarrower topic: Nephron segments determine where calcium and phosphate concentrations can favor precipitation.

• NephrologyBroader topic: Its segments perform the filtration and processing that nephrology evaluates.

• Liddle syndromeNarrower topic: The collecting duct is one segment of this larger kidney structure.

• Bartter syndromeNarrower topic: Bartter syndrome arises from transport defects in a specific part of the nephron.

• Gitelman syndromeNarrower topic: Gitelman syndrome arises from altered transport in one segment of this kidney unit.

• Kidney stone diseaseNarrower topic: Stone-forming substances enter urine during the kidney's filtering and processing.

• FurosemideNarrower topic: Furosemide changes salt handling within a specific segment of this unit.

• HydrochlorothiazideNarrower topic: Hydrochlorothiazide changes salt handling within nephron tubules.

• Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritisNarrower topic: Inflammation that damages glomeruli disrupts the nephron’s filtration function.

• Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseNarrower topic: Cysts develop from kidney tubule segments, expanding structures built from nephron tissue.

• ExcretionBroader topic: Its filtration and reabsorption steps determine which substances leave the body in urine.

• Genitourinary systemBroader topic: Nephrons generate the urine that enters the collecting system.

• Parenchymal tissue (animal organs)Broader topic: Nephrons contain the functional epithelial structures of renal parenchyma.

• Reproductive and Urinary Physiological PhenomenaBroader topic: Its structures perform the steps that turn blood plasma into urine.

• TubulopathyNarrower topic: Tubulopathies affect one or more segments of this functional unit.