MEDRADSC 2H03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ileum, Ureter, Renal Artery

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Medical Radiation Sciences
• Course: MEDRADSC 2H03
• Professor: Alana Trainor

Document Summary

At the level of the kidney, it sits anteriorly. At the root, where it starts, it sits posteriorly. Caval hiatus at about the level of t8. At the upper end while it is still abdo ivc, at level of. 2cm hepatic veins joining it, it is 3cm. Walls are thin, easily compressed, vulnerable to patho. Aorta doesn"t (cid:272)hange with respirations, (cid:271)ut ivc does. Right gonadal joins the ivc directly, left might or it might empty into the left renal instead. Yes, right side connects into ivc, left might drain into left renal or the left inferior phrenic. Diaphragm- inferior surface, on right it drains into ivc, left might drain into ivc directly or left suprarenal vein. Lymph nodes; in abdo, we usually don"t see unless disease is present. If larger than on previous scan, if short axis diameter is larger than 1cm.