(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.
His father, ROBERT BURTON, was brother of NOEL BURTON who married JUDITH ALLEN and HUTCHINS BURTON who married SUSANNA ALLEN, and NOEL BURTON and JUDITH ALLEN were the parents of HUTCHINS BURTON, who married TABITHA MINGE (parents of COL. ROBERT BURTON of Granville County, N.C. and of COL.