Kidney & Nephron Patho Overview Follow @nursewellversed for simplified nursing school knowledge 🧠⁠ ⭐️ Key things to know: →NEPHRONS are the functional units in the kidneys →Inside each nephron, there is a glomerulus and a tubule →The glomerulus is a small bundle of capillaries that filters the blood →The tubule reabsorbs substances the body needs and removes unneeded waste, turning it into urine 🩸Labs to know: →GFR= glomerular filtration rate= how much blood is filtered through the glomerulus