renal angle

noun

An area located on either side of the human back between the lateral borders of the erector spinae muscles and inferior borders of the twelfth rib, so called because the kidney can be felt at this location.

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Meanings

nounrenal angle (plural renal angles)

plural renal angles

  1. anatomyAn area located on either side of the human back between the lateral borders of the erector spinae muscles and inferior borders of the twelfth rib, so called because the kidney can be felt at this location.
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