(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.
1925 â 1942. Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins on 10 November 1925. He was the twelfth child of 13 children born to Richard âDicâ Walter and Edith Jenkins. The Jenkins clan lived in the mining village of Pontrhydyfen set high in the valley of the River Afan in South Wales.