Kidneys - Exam 3
| Description: | Gross Anatomy - Kidneys, Exam 3 |
| Category: | Chiropractic |
| Created by: | JYarger on 2006-04-08 |
| Question | Answer |
| Kidneys located at | T12-L3, higher on left |
| Hilum located at | L1 |
| Kidney A to P | Renal vein, artery, pelvis |
| Medulla is formed by | pyramids |
| Renal columns is | where cortex extends between the renal columns |
| Papilla | tip of ea. pyramid |
| Urine is released through | papilla |
| Minor calix | urine collects here |
| Minor calyses drain into | major calix |
| Renal pelvis | formed by 3 major calyses |
| Kidney surrounded by | fat & fascia for protection |
| Kidney from surface outward | renal capsule, perirenal fat, renal fascia, pararenal fat |
| Lesser splanchnic n. fibers synapse in | aorticorenal ganglia & join renal plexus on renal a. |
| least splanchnic n. fibers go directly to | renal a. & synapse with diffuse ganglion cells |
| additional kidney n. contribution from | L1 & L2 |
| Kidneys recieve no extrinsic parasympathetic innervation but | modified eptithelial cells which produce acetylcholine |
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