Abdomen: Kidney, Suprarenal Glands, Posterior Abdominal Wall Flashcards
Kidneys
- Produce urine
Ureters
- Convey urine to bladder
Suprarenal glands
- Endocrine system
Kidneys, ureters, and suprarenal glands are all
- Retroperitoneal
Left kidney position/relationship
- T11-L3
- Hilum at transpyloric plane (L1)
Right kidney position/relationship
- T11-L3
- About 5-6cm lower than the left (b/c of liver)
- Fingers width from iliac crest
Renal fascia and surrounding connective tissue function
- Helps maintain kidney position
Renal fascia and surrounding connective tissue contains
- Kidney capsule
- Perinephric fat (perirenal fat capsule)
- Renal fascia
- Paranephric fat
Perinephric fat (perirenal fat capsule)
- Surrounds kidney and suprarenal gland
- Extends into renal sinus
Renal fascia encloses
- Perirenal fat
- Kidneys
- Suprarenal gland
Kidney location
- Position changes with respiration and posture
- Lateral to vertebral column
Superior to kidneys
- Suprarenal glands
Posterior to kidneys
- Diaphragm and ribs 11 & 12 (superior aspect)
- Separates from pleura
Anterior to right kidney
- Right colic flexure
- Liver
- 2nd part of duodenum
Anterior to left kidney
- Tail of the pancreas
- Left colic flexure
- Stomach
- Spleen
Borders/margins of kidneys
- Lateral: convex
- Medial: concave; hilum
Poles of kidneys
- Superior: suprarenal gland located here
- Inferior:
Renal sinus
- Space within the kidney
- Filled with vessels, nerves, fat, renal pelvis and calices
Renal hilum
- Entrance/exit of the renal sinus
Renal hilum contains
- Renal sinus
- Renal vein (anterior)
- Renal artery (middle)
- Ureter (posterior)
- Nerve plexus
Urine flow
- Collecting duct in renal pyramid excreted at renal papilla
- Minor calyx
- Major calyx
- Renal pelvis (basin)
- Ureter
Sites of constriction and urteric calculi obstruction
- Ureteropelvic jxn
- Crossing of external iliac vessels & pelvic brim
- Bladder wall
Ureter
- Connect renal pelvis to bladder
- Descend on the psoas muscle
- Crosses common (or external) iliac arteries
Renal Arteries
- Arise from AA at the level of L1/2
- Right is longer than left
- Branch into 5 segmental arteries
Each renal artery branch (5 segmental arteries) supplies
- Independent renal segment
Kidney blood flow
- Renal artery
- Segmental arteries
- Interlobar arteries
- Arcuate arteries
- Interlobular arteries
Renal veins
- Left is longer than right
- Left has additional tributaries
- Left passes between aorta and SMA
Left renal veins additional tributaries
- Left suprarenal
- Left gonadal
- Left inferior phrenic
Passage of left renal vein between aorta and SMA
- Site of compression
- Renal vein entrapment
- “Nutcracker syndrome”
Suprarenal glands are between
- Superior pole of kidney and diaphragm
Suprarenal glands are separated from kidney by
- Septum of renal fascia
Right suprarenal gland
- Pyramid-shaped
Left suprarenal gland
- Crescent-shaped
- More medially oriented on kidney
Suprarenal gland consists of 2 parts
- Cortex
- Medulla
Cortex of suprarenal gland
- Androgens and corticosteroids
Medulla of suprarenal gland
- Catecholamines (primarily epinephrine)
- Innervated by sympathetic presynaptic neurons
Arterial supply of suprarenal glands
- Superior suprarenal (multiple branches from inferior phrenic)
- Middle suprarenal (from AA)
- Inferior suprarenal (from renal)
Venous drainage of suprarenal glands
- Right suprarenal drains into the IVC
- Left suprarenal drains into the left renal vein
Innervation of suprarenal glands
- Presynaptic sympathetics from T10-L1 directly innervate medulla
Posterior abdominal wall contains
- 5 Lumbar vertebrae & IVD
- Intervertebral disc
- Ilium
- Muscles
- Lumbar plexus
- Aorta & IVC
- Aortic plexus
- Lymph nodes
Muscles of the posterior abdominal wall
- Psoas major and minor
- Quadratus lumborum
- Iliacus
- Diaphragm
- Transverse abdominis
Psoas Major superior attachment
- TP of lumbar vertebrae
- Bodies & discs T12-L5
Psoas Major inferior attachment
- Lesser trochanter of femur
- Descends over pelvic brim
- Posterior to inguinal ligament
Psoas Major innervation
- Ventral rami L1-3
Psoas Minor superior attachment
- T12,L1 bodies/IVD
Psoas Minor inferior attachment
- Pectineal line
- iliopubic eminence
Iliacus superior attachment
- iliac fossa
- Ala of sacrum
- Anterior sacroiliac ligaments
Iliacus inferior attachment
- Psoas major tendon/lesser trochanter