Kidneys Flashcards
(7 cards)
Which kidney is lower
Right
Posterior Relationship of kidneys
• Diafragm
• Psoas major muscle
• Quadratus lumborum
muscle
• Transversus abdominis
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muscle
• Rib XI-XII
• Costodiafragmatic recess
• Subcostal nerve
• Iliohypogastric nerve
• Ilioinguinal nerve
Renal corpuscle
Glomerule+Bowman capsule
Constrictions of ureters
• Ureteropelvic junction
• Point where ureters
cross the common iliac
vessels
• Point where ureters
enter the wall bladder
Ureteric Vasculature
• Renal arteries
• Abdominal aorta
• Testicular arteries
• Ovarian arteries
• Commen iliac arteries
• Internal iliac arteries
• Renal vein
• Inferior vena cava
Lymphatics of Ureters
The upper part of each
ureter drains to the lumbar
nodes;
• The middle part of each
ureter drains to lymph
nodes associated with the
common iliac vessels;
• The inferior part of each
ureter drains to lymph
nodes associated with the external and internal nodes
Innervation of Ureters
Sympathetic;
• T10-L1
• Aortic plexus
• Renal plexus
• Superior hypogastric
plexus
• Infreior hypogastric
plexus
● Parasympathetic ;
• S2-4
• Ureteric plexus