Canine Urinary Organs

Question 1

List examples of solid organs.

Answer 1

• liver
• spleen
• kidneys
• adrenal glands
• ovaries
• testicles

Question 2

List examples of hollow organs.

Answer 2

• digestive tract
• ureter
• bladder
• uterus

Question 3

The ovaries are ________ organs.

Answer 3

intraperitoneal

Question 4

The kidneys are _____ organs.

Answer 4

Retroperitoneal

Question 5

The intestine, spleen, and liver are ____ organs.

Answer 5

peritoneal

Question 6

Which kidney sits more cranial in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 6

Right

Question 7

What surrounds the kidney?

Answer 7

Adipose capsule

Question 8

On a right lateral view radiograph, what is the orientation of the kidneys?

Answer 8

The left kidney sits behind the right kidney

Question 9

What is the cavity within the kidney that is occupied by the renal pelvis, renal calyces, blood vessels, nerves, and perirenal fat?

Answer 9

Renal sinus

Question 10

What is the entrance/exit of renal artery, renal vein, ureter, and lymphatics?

Answer 10

Hilus

Question 11

The medulla of the kidney is composed of what?

Answer 11

• Renal pyramids
• Renal crest

Question 12

What are the sections of the kidney?

Answer 12

• cortex
• medulla
• renal sinus

Question 13

How does the renal artery split within the kidney?

Answer 13

• renal artery splits into segmental arteries
• segmental arteries split into lobar arteries
• lobar arteries split into interlobar arteries
• interlobar arteries split into arcuate artery

Question 14

What is the differences between the renal crest in the cat vs dog?

Answer 14

• Cone shaped in cat
• longitudinal crest in dog

Question 15

True or false: Feline kidneys are more easily palpable.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Feline kidneys have what veins?

Answer 16

Subscapular

Question 17

Subscapular veins of feline kidneys are where?

Answer 17

on cortical surface

Question 18

What ligament of the bladder arises from the ventral mesentery?

Answer 18

Median ligament

Question 19

What joins together to make the major calyces?

Answer 19

minor calyces

Question 20

What joins together to make the renal pelvis?

Answer 20

Major calyces

Question 21

The renal pelvis exits the kidney as what?

Answer 21

Ureter

Question 22

A lobe of the kidney includes what?

Answer 22

renal pyramid and its surrounding cortex

Question 23

The afferent arteriole feeds into what structure before being drained by the efferent arteriole?

Answer 23

renal corpusculum

Question 24

The renal corpusculum is made up of what?

Answer 24

the glomerulus and bowman’s capsule

Question 25

Where do renal papillae empty urine?

Answer 25

into the minor calyx

Question 26

The bottom of the renal pyramid is known as what?

Answer 26

renal papillae

Question 27

The inward extensions of the renal cortex into the renal medulla are what?

Answer 27

renal column

Question 28

The outer granulated tissue of the kidney is what?

Answer 28

renal cortex

Question 29

The dark, striated tissue of the kidney that is pyramid shaped is what?

Answer 29

renal medulla / renal pyramids

Question 30

What is the dense regular connective tissue that anchors the kidney in retroperitoneum?

Answer 30

renal fasciae

Question 31

The outer layer of the kidney is what?

Answer 31

renal capsule

Question 32

The efferent arteriole branches off into what?

Answer 32

Peritubular capillaries

Question 33

The peritubular capillary network located in the medulla is what?

Answer 33

vasa recta

Question 34

The vasa recta drains where?

Answer 34

into arcuate vein

Question 35

The peritubular capillaries drain where?

Answer 35

Cortical radiated vein

Question 36

The cortical radiated vein eventually joins with the arcuate vein which then empties where?

Answer 36

Interlobar vein

Question 37

Which vein feeds into the renal vein?

Answer 37

interlobar vein