Renal Anatomy

Question 1

Kideys are: primary retroperitoneal secondary retroperitoneal

Answer 1

Primary retroperitoneal because they started off in the retroperitoneam and stayed that way

Question 2

Which kidney is lower and why?

Answer 2

right kidney is lower because of the liver

Question 3

What is the anterior to posterior relationship of the: renal: pelvis/vein/arteriy

Answer 3

anterior–> posterior renal vein–renal artery–renal pelvis

Question 4

apx weight of the kidney

Answer 4

150 for male and 135 for femal

Question 5

Medulary pyramid + surrounding cortex =

Answer 5

Renal lobe

Question 6

What are the three ‘layers’ of the kidney starting out moving in?

Answer 6

Renal capsule

Renal cortex

renal medula

Question 7

contains the renal corpuscles and the renal tubules except for parts of the loop of Henle

Where ultrafiltration occurs

Answer 7

Renal Cortex

Question 8

contains the structures of the nephrons responsible for maintaining the salt and water balance of the blood.

Hypertonic to the filtrate in the nephron and aids in the reabsorption of water.

Answer 8

Renal medulla

Question 9

Renal capsule is made of

Answer 9

connective tissue

Question 10

The renal artery divides into _______–> Lobar arteries–> Interlobar arteries–> ______arteries–>Interlobular arteries

Answer 10

Segmental Arteries

Arcuate Arteries

Question 11

Describe the path blood takes in the kidney starting with the renal artery

Answer 11

Refer to image

Question 12

What feeds into the glomeruli

Answer 12

afferent arterioles

Question 13

Kidneys receive ____% of blood from CO from the renal arteries and abdominal aorta

Answer 13

20%

Question 14

Sympathetic innervation of

Kidney:

Ureter:

Urinary Bladder:

Answer 14

Kidney: T10-L1

Ureter: T11-L2

Urinary Bladder: T11-12

Question 15

What Parasympathetic innervation do we have at the kidneys?

Answer 15

Vagus nerve and Pelvic splanchnic

Question 16

What stuctures are near the kidneys from posterior view?

Answer 16

Green = Respiratory Diaphragm

Salmon = Transversus abdominals

Yellow= Quadratus

Purple = psoas major

Question 17

How are kidneys protected damage within the body cavity?

Answer 17

adipose tissue surrounding them acts as shock absorbers

Question 18

Explain the anatomy of the ureters compared to the iliac artery/vein

Answer 18

Water runs over the bridge

ureters are on top of them

Question 19

In general, referred pain from the kidney and ureter is precieved in the ______ spinal cord level distribution

Answer 19

T10-L2

Question 20

An additional renal artery appears ____% of the time

Answer 20

30%

Question 21

Blood supply of the ureter comes from:

Answer 21

branches of arteries encountered along its course from kidney to urinary bladder

Question 22

Normally the kidneys are:

Answer 22

unpalpable

Question 23

The kidneys are ________ and adjacent to _______ abdominal wall

Answer 23

adjacent

posterior

Question 24

Kidneys are located btwn vertebral levels ____ and ____

Answer 24

T12 and L3