Responsible for the formation of urine. o Each kidney contains 1,000,000 nephrons that filter the blood and form urine. About 99% of the initial filtrate from the glomerulus is reabsorbed by the nephron and returned to the blood in the peritubular capillaries. o The number of nephrons does not increase after birth. Each kidney contains 1,000,000 nephrons that filter the blood and form urine. About 99% of the initial filtrate from the glomerulus is reabsorbed by the nephron and returned to the blood in the peritubular capillaries.
Charlie Rich, the country singer known as the Silver Fox, who had several major hits in the 1970's, died yesterday at a motel in Hammond, La., where he and his wife had stopped for the night on their way to Florida. He was 62. The cause of death was a blood clot in his lung, said the coroner, Vincent Cefalu.
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