(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 Olde English Bata is though to derive from the word batt, cudgel, used as a byname for a stout, thickset man. The modern surname from either source can also be found as Battson, Battison, Batts and Batson. Martha, daughter of Richard and Sarah Battson was christened in January 1642 in London.One Thomas Bateson is registered in the Poll Tax Records, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.artholomew is derived from the Aramaic patronymic bartalmay, which means having many furrows and therefore rich in land, and was a very popular personal name in the Middle Ages, partly due to the fame of St. Bartholomew, the patron saint of tanners, vintners and butlers.