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He functional unit of the kidney is the .

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maintaining overall fluid balance regulating and filtering minerals from blood filtering waste materials from food, medications, and toxic substances.

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Answer: Nephrons

Explanation: The structural and functional unit of the kidney is known as nephrons. These are microscopic structures found in the kidneys.

A healthy adult has 0.8 to 1.5 million nephrons in the kidney of a adult. Its main function is filtration of the blood.

Blood is filtered and the impurities are collected to excrete out of the body in the form of urine.

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