Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on the relationship between the body's structureâmainly the spineâand its functioning.
The nephron, the functional unit of the kidney, is responsible for removing waste from the body. Each kidney is composed of over one million nephrons that dot the renal cortex, giving it a granular appearance when sectioned sagittally (from front to rear).
Each kidney contains around 1 million individual nephrons, the kidneysâ microscopic functional units that filter blood to produce urine. The nephron is made of 2 main parts: the renal corpuscle and the renal tubule.