Kidney
Ren
Filters the blood, makes urine, and holds the balance of water, salt and acid.
- System
- urinary
- Region
- Abdomen
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Retroperitoneal, against the roof of the abdomen under the first lumbar vertebrae.
- Action
- Filters the blood, makes urine, and holds the balance of water, salt and acid.
- Nerve
- Renal plexus.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Kidney
- Latin (NAV)
- Ren
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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