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Kidney's and Suprarenals
Medical School Gross Anatomy
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Anatomy
Graduate
10/31/2011

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Term
Kidneys and Suprarenals are what kind of structure (developmental location)
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Primary retroperitoneal
Term
What is the outside layer of fat that surrounds the kidneys?
Definition
Pararenal fat
Term
What is the inside layer of fat that surrounds the kidneys?
Definition
Perirenal fat
Term
What layer separates the perirenal fat from the pararenal fat?
Definition
Renal fascia
Term
The indentation on the outside of the kidney is called what?
Definition
hilus
Term
What type of fat is found in the renal sinus of the kidney?
Definition
Perirenal fat
Term
The surgical approach to the kidney from where?
Definition
Posterior
Term
Where are the glomeruli located on the kidney?
Definition
Renal Cortex
Term
What part of the kidney contains collecting ducts?
Definition
Renal Pyramid
Term
What are the spaces between Renal Pyramids?
Definition
Renal Columns
Term
Renal pyramid empty into what?
Definition
Minor Calyx
Term
Minoy Calyxes come together to form?
Definition
Major Calyx
Term
Major calyxes come together to form the?
Definition
Renal pelvis
Term
The Renal pelvis narrows out into the?
Definition
Ureter
Term
Why is the kidney on the right a little bit lower than the kidney on the left?
Definition
The liver pushes down the right side
Term
The fluid from the collecting ducts drain from the renal pyramid into the calyx via what?
Definition
Renal papillae
Term
What are the anatomical segments of the anterior surface of the liver?
Definition
Superior
Anterior Superior
Anterior Inferior
Inferior
Term
What are the anatomical segments of the posterior aspect of the kidneys?
Definition
Superior
Posterior
Inferior
Term
What is clinically important about the vascularization to the kidney?
Definition
No anastomosis so any loss of blood flow can result in ischemia to that particular segment of the kidney
Term
What are the Arcuate arteries?
Definition
The small distal arteries of the kidneys that allow for the exchange necessary for renal filtration
Term
What are th arteries between renal pyramids?
Definition
interlobar arteries
Term
The suprarenal glands secrete what?
Definition
Outer cortex: glucocorticoids

inner cortex: epinephrine/norepinephrine
Term
What is another name for suprarenal glands?
Definition
Andrenal glands
Term
What is the shape of the andrenal gland on the right kidney?
Definition
Triangular shape
Term
What is the shape of the suprarenal gland on the left side of the kidney?
Definition
half-moon shape
Term
Superior Suprarenal arteries come from what arteries?
Definition
Inferior phrenic arteries
Term
Middle Suprarenal Arteries come off of what artery?
Definition
Aorta
Term
Inferior Suprarenal arteries come from which arteries?
Definition
Renal Arteries
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