Anatomy Flashcards

1
Q

What are the two layers of renal fat?

A

Pararenal and Perirenal

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2
Q

What separates the two layers of renal fat?

A

Gerota’s fascia

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3
Q

Which layer of renal fat is most proximal to the kidney?

A

Perirenal

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4
Q

The left kidney lies anterior to which rib(s)?

A

11 and 12

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5
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The right kidney lies anterior to which rib(s)?

A

12

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6
Q

What structures enter the hilum of the kidney?

A

renal artery, vein, and pelvis

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7
Q

What is the outermost region of the kidney?

A

renal cortex

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8
Q

What lies under the renal cortex? What does it feed into?

A

renal pyramid; minor calyx

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9
Q

What separates renal pyramids?

A

columns

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10
Q

What are the functional segments of the kidney?

A

superior, anterior superior, anterior inferior, inferior, posterior

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11
Q

What are the names of the renal artery branches (large to small)?

A

renal, segmental, interlobar, arcuate, interlobular, afferant arterioles

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12
Q

Where can a surgeon access the inside of the kidney?

A

Brodel’s bloodless line

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13
Q

What is the response to sympathetic innervation in the kidney?

A

vasoconstriction

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14
Q

What provides sympathetic innervation to the kidney? Where does it originate?

A

sympathetic splanchnic nerves that synapse at aorticorenal ganglia; T10-T12

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15
Q

What provides parasympathetic innervation to the kidney?

A

vagus nerve

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16
Q

Which arteries supply the ureters?

A

renal, gonadal, aorta, common iliac, internal iliac, vesical

17
Q

What are the common sites of kidney stone obstruction?

A

hilum, passage over the common iliac, bladder wall

18
Q

What are the four regions of the bladder?

A

apex, fundus, body, neck

19
Q

What muscle surrounds the bladder?

A

detrusor

20
Q

Which urethral sphincter is skeletal muscle?

A

external

21
Q

What region lies between the ureter openings and the urethra?

A

trigone