What is our minimally invasive foraminotomy procedure? Our foraminotomy procedure is a minimally invasive decompression surgery that relieves the pain associated with foraminal stenosis. Your spine is made up of vertebrae stacked on top of each other. There are discs in between each vertebra to allow the spine to move freely without affecting the surrounding nerves.
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. the structural and functional unit of the kidney, each nephron being capable of forming urine by itself. The nephron consists of the renal corpuscle, the proximal convoluted tubule, the descending and ascending limbs of the loop of Henle, the distal convoluted tubule, and the collecting tubule.Each kidney is an aggregation of about a million nephrons. long, convoluted, tubular structure in the kidney, consisting of the renal corpuscle, the proximal tubule, the nephronic loop, and the distal tubule.