Understanding Glomerular Diseases | National Kidney Foundation
What is glomerular disease? Your kidneys may be small, but they perform many vital functions that help maintain your overall health, including filtering waste and excess fluids from your blood. Your kidneys have about one million tiny filter units called nephrons. Each nephron has a glomerulus, so that means there are over one million of them too. More than one glomerulus are called glomeruli. Glomeruli work like strainers used in cooking. While blood moves through them, they let waste and extra water pass into the nephrons to make urine.
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