Lecture 10 2/15/24

Question 1

What are the characteristics of the equine renal system?

Answer 1

-left kidney is further caudal than right
-liver contacts right kidney
-renal pyramids are completely fused
-renal crest projects into renal pelvis
-two terminal recesses

Question 2

How do the kidney shapes differ between the right and left in the equine?

Answer 2

-heart-shaped right kidney
-bean-shaped left kidney

Question 3

What are the characteristics of the bovine renal system?

Answer 3

-retain fetal lobation
-left kidney more caudal and ventral (more ventral bc of rumen)
-mutlipyramidal
-apex of each pyramid sits in a calyx
-calices drain into cranial and caudal branches of ureter
-caudal ureter branch runs parallel to ureter
-no renal pelvis

Question 4

How do sheep and goat kidneys compare to the dog?

Answer 4

similarly resemble dog kidneys

Question 5

What are the characteristics of the porcine renal system?

Answer 5

-positioned almost symmetrically
-smooth, flatter appearance
-separate renal pyramids
-long renal pelvis
-two major calices with multiple minor calices