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The Kidneys

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

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The Role of Perinephritic Fat in the Body

Perinephritic fat or perirainal fat is a structural kind of fat, quite different to our functional fat that we put around our hips and our arse. The kidneys are very vulnerable because of where they're sitting retroperitoneal at the back at our flank. That's one. Number two, like you just said, we don't want to move around too much. They play an anchorage role. So they anchor those kidneys, let them sit there. And it tends to be great. Or Rome. Well, I'm Italian. It's pretty, it's pretty hard fat to it. Like nearly as hard as the table. Solid. Okay. How did

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