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Viscera supplied by the renal arteries
PA school anatomy
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Anatomy
Graduate
10/11/2009

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pain with disease/injury to kidney
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visceral pain localized to the costovertebral angle and posterior subcostal region
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pain with disease/injury to upper part of ureter/kidney stone
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"loin-to-groin" pain from flank to isilateral groin
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adrenal glands
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lie atop and in front of the upper poles of the kidneys, have an outer cortex and an inner medulla, retroperitoneal
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arterial supply to adrenal glands
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3 arteries: superior adrenal arteries, middle adrenal arteries, inferior adrenal arteries
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venous drainage of adrenal glands
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left and right adrenal veins
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kidney position
Definition
in paravertebral gutters within the upper quadrants of the abdomen, tilted so the upper pole lies closer to the spine, left higher than left (11th vs 12th rib)
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right kidney peritoneal relationships
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anteriorly with right adrenal gland, the 2nd part of the duodenum, the hepatic flexure
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left kidney peritoneal relationships
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anteriorly with left adrenal gland, the body of the pancreas, the splenic flexure
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renal sinus
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a central, blind, fat-filled space where the hilum leads
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renal hilum
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renal artery enters, renal vein and renal pelvis exit
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outer cortex of kidney
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densely packed with glomeruli, also includes renal columns
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inner medulla of kidney
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consists of 5-18 renal pyramids and renal papillae projecting toward the renal sinus
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kidney lobe
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each renal pyramid and the cortical region that lies at its base
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renal arteies
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arise from abdominal aorta at the 1st or 2nd lumbar vertebra, divides into anterior and posterior rami as it extends through renal hilum
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segmental arteries
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arise from the rami of the renal artery, each supplies a separate vascular segment of the kidney, anatomical end arteries
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renal veins
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join the inferior vena cava at the same level, left crosses in front of abdominal aorta and behind the superior mesenteric artery
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