Head Kidney [hlavová ledvina]

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Anterior Kidney

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Definition

A primitive form of vertebrate kidney that is found in adults of some primitive FISHES and in the embryos of more advanced fishes. In some species of fishes it contains phagocytic cells and is also a major site of HEMATOPOIESIS, analogous to the mammalian BONE MARROW.

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M0553319
Previous indexing
Kidney (1969-2011)
History note
2012
Public note
2012