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why are nephron called ultrafiltration unit

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Nephron is called, so because it filters the blood and remove the poisonous nitrogenous waste like urea and uric acid, excess of water from it. These harmful products gets filtered and usedul products are reabsprbed by tubular part of nephron.
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