nephron
nephron — 名詞
- nephronsingular
- nephronsplural
1. A very small working part inside a kidney. It is made of very small tubes that c
腎元；腎單位
腎臟中負責過濾血液、產生尿液的微小單位
A very small working part inside a kidney. It is made of very small tubes that clean waste from the blood and help make urine.
Ms. Adina drew a nephron on the board and showed how blood flows through it.
Adina 女士在黑板上畫出一個腎元，並說明血液如何流過它。
collocation: draw / show a nephron
Eri learned in biology class that every kidney contains many nephrons working together.
Eri 在生物課上學到，每個腎臟裡都有許多腎元一起運作。
pattern: a kidney contains many nephrons
Damage to the nephrons can leave the kidneys unable to clean the blood.
腎元受損可能使腎臟無法清除血液中的廢物。
collocation: damage to the nephrons
Karim's doctor said that high blood pressure can harm the nephrons in both kidneys.
Karim 的醫師說，高血壓可能傷害兩側腎臟中的腎元。
Under the microscope, Zuri could see a nephron as a thin, twisted tube.
在顯微鏡下，Zuri 看到腎元是一條細長又彎曲的小管子。
- millions of nephrons
- damage to the nephrons
- nephrons in the kidney
- filtering unit
- uriniferous tubule
another technical name for the same kidney structure
文法句型
millions of nephrons