Anatomy Flashcards
What are the two layers of renal fat?
Pararenal and Perirenal
What separates the two layers of renal fat?
Gerota’s fascia
Which layer of renal fat is most proximal to the kidney?
Perirenal
The left kidney lies anterior to which rib(s)?
11 and 12
The right kidney lies anterior to which rib(s)?
12
What structures enter the hilum of the kidney?
renal artery, vein, and pelvis
What is the outermost region of the kidney?
renal cortex
What lies under the renal cortex? What does it feed into?
renal pyramid; minor calyx
What separates renal pyramids?
columns
What are the functional segments of the kidney?
superior, anterior superior, anterior inferior, inferior, posterior
What are the names of the renal artery branches (large to small)?
renal, segmental, interlobar, arcuate, interlobular, afferant arterioles
Where can a surgeon access the inside of the kidney?
Brodel’s bloodless line
What is the response to sympathetic innervation in the kidney?
vasoconstriction
What provides sympathetic innervation to the kidney? Where does it originate?
sympathetic splanchnic nerves that synapse at aorticorenal ganglia; T10-T12
What provides parasympathetic innervation to the kidney?
vagus nerve