Posterior Abdominal Wall and Renal anatomy

Question 1

What is the name of fat surrounding the kidneys?

Answer 1

perinephric fat (protective)

Question 2

What does the ureter split to form in the kidney?

Answer 2

• Major calyx which go on to from minor calyx

Question 3

What do minor calyx attach to?

Answer 3

Renal papilla

Question 4

What arteries supply the suprarenal glands?

Answer 4

• Superior suprarenal arteries
• Middle suprarenal arteries
• Inferior suprarenal arteries

Question 5

What vein drains the kidneys?

Answer 5

renal veins (right and left) tributaries of vena cava

Question 6

Where do ureters open into the bladder?

Answer 6

Ureteric orfices

Question 7

What are the relations of the bladder?

Answer 7

posterior to pubic symphysis
anterior to rectum
superior to prostate
inferior small intestines

Question 8

What arteries supply the bladder?

Answer 8

superior and vesicle branches of internal iliac artery

Question 9

What is the lumbar plexus?

Answer 9

network of nerves located in the posterior abdominal wall

Question 10

What spinal nerves form the lumbar plexus?

Answer 10

anterior rami of spinal nerves L1-L4

Question 11

What spinal nerves form the brachial plexus?

Answer 11

anterior rami of spinal nerves C5-C8 and T1

Question 12

What are the branches of the lumbar plexus?

Answer 12

Iliohypogastric nerve (L1)
ilio-inguinal nerve (L1) 
Genitofemoral nerve (L1-L2)
Femoral nerve (L2-L4)
Obturator nerve (L2-L4)