Anatomy: Kidney

Skin, muscles, omentum, colon

Anterior to Posterior Views of the Abdomen

-Layer One = ____

-Layer Two = abdominal _________

-Layer Three = _________ and stomach

-Layer Four = small bowel and ______

Peritoneum

The fifth layer of the abdomen, directly above the kidneys, is the _________. This cavity covers all of the retroperitoneal organs and structures.

Kidneys, aorta, IVC

Layer Six: Retroperitoneum

The retroperitoneum houses many organs and structures, including:

• _______

• Adrenal glands

• Ureters

• _____

• Inferior vena cava (___)

• Rectum

• Duodenum

11

What rib serves as a landmark for palpating the kidneys?

12, 3

T__ through _L vertebrae serve as a landmark for the kidneys

Adrenal glands

#1

Right kidney

#2

Left kidney

#3

Left renal vein

#4

Left renal artery branch

#5

Ureter

#6

Descending aorta

#7

IVC

#8

Adrenal gland

#1

Fat capsule

#2

Renal artery

#3

Renal capsule

#4

Renal vein

#5

Renal cortex

#1

Renal medulla

#2

Major calyx

#3

Renal pelvis

#4

Minor calyx

#5

Ureter

#6

Renal column

#7

Capsule

#8

anterior, fascia, aortic

Renal Fascia

-________ and posterior layers of the renal ______ fuse. This fused layer may connect with the transversalis fascia on the lateral abdominal wall

-Anterior and posterior layers of the renal fascia fuse and connect to the _______ and IVC connective tissue

glomeruli, distal tubules, cortex, pyramids

Parts of the Renal Cortex

-________

-Most of the proximal tubules

-Segments of the ______ _______

-Renal columns, which are finger-like projections of _____ between the medulla ________

Renal Lobe

AKA the structural unit of the kidney

-Made up of the renal pyramid and surrounding cortex

Medulla

What part of the kidney is the pyramids separated by the renal columns?

Renal column

#1

Renal capsule

#2

Renal cortex

#3

Renal pelvis

#4

Renal medulla

#5