[Solved] What happened to the new religious orders created for women in the Catholic Church by the end of the sixteenth century? A) Only one, the Ursulines, was kept; the others were officially disbanded. B) They were removed from priestly supervision and handed over to lay administrators. C) Their memberships exploded; a huge number of women joined these new orders. D) While several of these groups had ministered to the public, they were all enclosed (cloistered) by the end of the century. E) They were subsumed under the male branch of the order. Nephron: The structural and functional unit of the kidney. Kidney: A pair of organs in the urinary system that filter waste products from the blood and excrete them in urine. Microscopic Units: Small units of measurement typically used to describe dimensions of cells and microorganisms, not visible to the naked eye. Calyx: The cuplike division of the kidney pelvis.