nephron

microscopic structural and functional unit of the kidney
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q58184
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nephron

Summary

nephron is a class of anatomical entity[1]. nephron ranks in the top 4% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (766 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • nephron's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • nephron's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13194541j[4].
  • nephron's subclass of is recorded as organ part[5].
  • nephron's subclass of is recorded as region of uriniferous tubule[6].
  • nephron's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[7].
  • nephron's part of is recorded as kidney[8].
  • nephron's Commons category is recorded as Nephron[9].
  • nephron's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009399[10].
  • nephron's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 66835[11].
  • nephron's has part is recorded as renal corpuscle[12].
  • nephron's has part is recorded as kidney tubule[13].
  • nephron's MeSH tree code is recorded as A05.810.453.736[14].
  • nephron's anatomical location is recorded as renal cortex[15].
  • nephron's anatomical location is recorded as renal medulla[16].
  • nephron's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[17].
  • nephron's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 17640[18].
  • nephron's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/nephron[19].
  • nephron's UBERON ID is recorded as 0001285[20].
  • nephron's arterial supply is recorded as afferent arteriole[21].
  • nephron's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00057298n[22].
  • nephron's Quora topic ID is recorded as Nephrons[23].
  • nephron's WikiSkripta article ID is recorded as 9211[24].
  • nephron's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as renal-tubules[25].
  • nephron's development of anatomical structure is recorded as nephron development[26].
  • nephron's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as tubulus[27].

Why It Matters

nephron ranks in the top 4% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (766 views/month).[2] nephron has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] nephron is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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