Some patients with kidney failure regularly undergo a procedure called hemodialysis to cleanse their blood. This procedure thus effectively replaces which of the following kidney components.
A. Collecting ducts
B. Ureters
C. Nephrons
D. All of the above
Ans: C. Nephrons
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