Renal Anatomy Test 5

Question 0

The kidney is found in what space?

Answer 0

It’s in the retroperitoneum

pararenal

perirenal

posterior (where the fat is)

Question 1

What is the typical measurement of the kidney?

Answer 1

approx 12 cm long

5 cm wide

2.5 cm thick

Question 2

What will move the kidneys?

Answer 2

respiration

Question 3

what structures come out of the hilum?

Answer 3

renal vein and artery

ureter

lymph vessels and sympathetic fibers

Question 4

The renal fascia is also known as??

Answer 4

gerota fascia

a layer of connective tissue encapsulating the kidneys

parenchyma of renal cortex lies beneath the renal capsule

Question 5

What is the cortex?

Answer 5

outer portion that contains tubules responsible for filtering the blood

Question 6

What is the medulla?

Answer 6

pyramids

empty their contents into the collecting space called the renal pelvis

responsible for absorption

Question 7

What is the renal sinus?

Answer 7

central portion of the kidney

contains the collecting system:

major and minor calycs

arteries and veins

lymphatic

part of renal pelvis

Question 8

How does the ureter divide into the pelvis of the kidney?

Answer 8

slide 18

Question 9

What are the functional units of the kidneys?

Answer 9

the nephrons

Question 10

What is found in the renal corpuscle?

slide 22

Answer 10

Network of capillaries (glomerulus)

Question 11

Slide 25 should be efferent not afferent

Answer 11

fix

Question 12

What are the steps of the arteries of the kidney?

Answer 12

main renal»>segmental arteries»>Lobar»>interlobar»>arcuate arteries»>interlobular»>afferent arterioles

interlobar - side of pyramid

arcuate - base of pyramids

Question 13

What muscle does the kidneys run along?

Answer 13

psoas muscle

Question 14

How long is the ureter?

Answer 14

approx 25cm long

Question 15

What/where are the three ureter constrictions?

Answer 15

UPJ - point at which the pelvis joins the ureter (ureteropelvic junction)

point at which the ureter is kinked as it crosses the pelvic brim

UVJ - point at which the ureter pierces the bladder wall (ureterovesicle junction)

Question 16

What are the three openings of the bladder?

Answer 16

two are posterior and lateral for the ureters

one that is anterior for the urethra

Question 17

When the bladder is full….what is the lining like?

Answer 17

smooth and stretched

Question 18

What is the lining of the bladder when it is empty?

Answer 18

a series of folds

Question 19

What is the trigone?

Answer 19

area of the inferior bladder where the ureters end and the bladder and urethra exits

Question 20

Slide 38

Answer 20

know definitions