Ach Lab 5-Kidneys & Suprarenal Glands Flashcards
Nephroptosis
Floating/dropped kidney that causes the ureter to become kinked
Hydronephrosis
Distension of renal pelvis and calyces caused by an obstruction of the lower urinary tract and a back up or urine into these
Where do the kidneys develop?
In the pelvis and they ascend during the 9th week of development
Horseshoe kidney
Kidney inferior poles fuse across the midline. Normal ascent is prevented by the inferior mesenteric vessels
What is meant by “water under the bridge?”
water being urine in the ureters!
The ureters go underneath the gonadal vessels and uterine vessels
What are the 3 places within the ureters that kidney stones can lodge?
- Where the renal pelvis narrows to form the ureter
- Pelvic brim
- Oblique entrance to the bladder
By what two mechanisms do the ureters move urine?
Gravity
Peristalsis
Which visceral afferents innervate the ureters and allow us to experience “loin to groin” pain?
T11-L2
Bifid ureter
2 ureters instead of 1 ureter leaving the kidney! works just fine
At what vertebral level is the caval opening in the diaphragm?
T8
At what vertebral level is the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm?
T10
At what vertebral level is the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm?
T12
What is the insertion of the iliopsoas muscle?
Lesser trochanter of femur
What structure narrows down to form the thoracic duct?
Cisterna chyli
What forms the lumbar plexus?
Ventral rami of L1-L3 and 1/2 of L4