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Glomerulus:<\/p>\n\n

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Distal convoluted tubule:<\/p>\n\n

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Collecting Duct:<\/p>\n\n

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Renal artery:<\/p>\n\n

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Renal vein:<\/p>\n\n

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A labelled diagram of a nephron. <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.Text 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"7e9b7165-42be-4705-b6fd-8915154e0ea0"},{"params":{"text":"

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A brief explanation of different parts of a nephron.

Pranali Shah