General :: 1:1 - What's Meant By There Is Kernel Level Thread For Each Pthread Created

I have gone thorugh some documents about pthread (NTPL ) in linux 2.6 kernel. As per that linux uses 1: 1 threading model and for each user level thread there is kernel level thread. Pthread_create uses clone system call to create a LWP and the kernel could treat that as a LWP and do scheduling and all .( different from linuxthread). My question is what's meant by there is kernel level thread for each pthread created. Can I see the kernel level thread if I call pthread_create using ps .

What exactly meant by 1:1 .I mean for each user level thread there is kernel level thread . If I make a system call from a thread does the OS services that action via kernel thread ( created using kernel_thread () or some other way ) internally ..