Kidney diagram

Question 1

Renal sinus

Answer 1

Cavity within the kidney that contains calyces, pelvis of uterer and segmental vessels

Question 2

Renal pelvis

Answer 2

Funnel shaped expansion of the superior portion of the uterer

Question 3

Hilum

Answer 3

Depression on the medial border of the kidney. Site of the apex of the renal pelvis and passage of segmental renal vessels and renal nerves

Question 4

Renal papilla

Answer 4

Tip of the renal pyramid that projects into the minor calyx

Question 5

Uterer

Answer 5

Tube that conducts urine from the renal pelvis to the urinary bladder

Question 6

Renal cortex

Answer 6

Outer portion of the kidney containing renal lobules, renal columns, renal corpuscles, and the proximal and distal convulated tubes

Question 7

Renal medulla

Answer 7

Inner, darker, portion of the kidney that contains the renal pyramids

Question 8

Renal pyramid

Answer 8

Conical mass of the kidney projecting into the medullary region containing part of sectreting and collecting tube

Question 9

Minor calyx

Answer 9

Subdivision of the major calyx into which urine enters from the renal papillae

Question 10

Major calyx

Answer 10

Primary subdivision of the renal pelvis formed by the merging of 4-5 minor calyces

Question 11

Kidney lobe

Answer 11

Portion of the kidney consisting of the renal pyramid and associated cortical tissue

Question 12

Renal columns

Answer 12

Cortical tissue separating renal pyramids

Question 13

Fibrous capsule

Answer 13

Covering of kindeys outer surface and lining of renal sinus