(June 2011). The nephron (from Greek Î½ÎµÏÏÏÏ - nephros, meaning kidney) is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. Its chief function is to regulate the concentration of water and soluble substances like sodium salts by filtering the blood, reabsorbing what is needed and excreting the rest as urine. nephron eliminates wastes from the body, regulates blood volume and blood pressure, controls levels of electrolytes and metabolites, and regulates blood pH.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The country where the last name Burton originated is England. This name is used as a last name as well as a first name and means from the fortified town.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Ferlecheia, which was dated 1189, in Medieval Records of Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as The Builder of Churches, 1154 - 1189.arly examples of the surname include Richard de Farlegh (1222, Oxford), and John Farleye (1332, Worcestershire). One Thomas Farley, and his wife Jane, were recorded in a Muster of the Inhabitants of Virginia in January 1624; they had arrived on the Ann in 1623.