Renal Flashcards
Where are the kidneys?
Retroperitoneum
What are the layers surrounding the kidney?
Kidney
Renal capsule
PERInephric fat
Renal deep fascia
PARAnephric fat
Visceral peritoneum
What are the two muscles next to the kidneys
Psoas major
Quadratus lumborum
What are the muscle layers of the abdominal wall?
External oblique
Internal oblique
Transverse abdominis
What vertebral level are the kidneys located at?
Left : T12-L2
Right: L1-L3
What ribs protect the kidneys?
11 and 12
What is anterior to the right kidney?
Liver
duodenum
Ascending colon
Right colonic flexure
what is anterior to the left kidney?
Stomach
Tail of the pancreas
hilum of the spleen
splenic vessels
What is the space between the kidneys and the liver called?
hepatorenal recess
At what level do the ureters enter the bladder?
Ischial spine
What arrangement do the ureters join the bladder?
Inferomedial direction
What do you call the bits where the ureters join the bladder?
Ureteric orfifces
What muscle makes up the bladder?
Detrusor muscle
What kind of muscle makes up the external urethral sphincter?
Skeletal
What is your pee hole called?
External urethral orifice