Posterior abdominal wall

Question 1

Which kidney sits higher

Answer 1

left

Question 2

Where is perirenal fat?

Answer 2

Around the kidney; inside the renal fascia

Question 3

What is the source of the superior suprarenal aretery

Answer 3

inferior phrenic artery

Question 4

What is the source of the middle suprarenal artery

Answer 4

aorta at L1

Question 5

What is the source of the inferior suprarenal artery

Answer 5

renal artery

Question 6

Where does the R suprarenal vein drain into

Answer 6

IVC

Question 7

Where does the L suprarenal vein drain into

Answer 7

L renal vein

Question 8

What is the purpose of chromaffin cells

Answer 8

Secretes adrenaline (mostly, 80%) and noradrenaline

Question 9

What are the branches of the abdominal aorta at each level?

Answer 9

T12: inferior phrenic artery
coeliac artery

L1: middle suprarenal artery
renal artery (right one passes underneath the IVC), superior mesenteric artery and the first lumbar artery

L2: gonadal artery
second lumbar artery

L3: inferior mesenteric artery and third lumbar artery

L4: fourth lumbar artery

Question 10

What does the external common iliac artery become once it passes the inguinal ligament

Answer 10

femoral artery

Question 11

What are the branches of the common iliac artery

Answer 11

Internal and external iliac arteries

Question 12

What is the medial sacral artery

Answer 12

A branch of the aorta from the middle of the bifurcation at L4

Question 13

At what level does the aorta bifurcate

Answer 13

L4

Question 14

How does the right renal artery articulate with the IVC

Answer 14

passes under it

Question 15

How does the left renal vein articulate with the aorta

Answer 15

passes over it

Question 16

How do arteries from the aorta and veins from the IVC in the abdomen articulate

Answer 16

Generally, arteries pass over veins. But the right renal artery passes under the IVC and the left renal vein passes over the aorta.