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Kidneys
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Anatomy
Graduate
09/29/2011

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Term
What area does the kidney span?
Definition
3 vertebral levels... centered at L1
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Which kidney lies higher?
Definition
Left because liver occupies much of upper right quadrant
Term
Do the kidneys lie in a coronal plane?
Definition
No
Term
How is the hilum of the kidney oriented?
Definition
Medially & anteriorly
Term
Which pole of the kidney is closer to the midline?
Definition
Superior pole
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Where does parietal peritoneum cover the kidney?
Definition
On areas of the kidney not covered by other organs

You will see serous membrane here
Term
Where are the bare areas of the kidney?
Definition
1) Where the duodenum, colon, & body of pancreas cross, and where the suprarenal glands are situated

2) also where the splenorenal and hepatorenal ligaments lie
Term
How high does the superior pole of the kidney extend?
Definition
At least to 12th rib, sometimes 11th
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