BIOM20002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 54: Anal Canal, Deep Perineal Pouch, Urethra

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Biomedicine
• Course: BIOM20002
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Attaching to the posterior part of lumbar vertebrae (t12-l3) on either side. Medially beneath the diaphragm: hence move together (up/down) with respiration: inhalation diaphragm down kidney down. It overlays the 12th rib hence 12th rib fracture will lead to kidney damage. Is classified in solid viscera with features of: consisted of a cluster of secretory cells, organization inner medulla/outer cortex or lobes/lobules. Imprints of related structure can be seen on the surface: enveloped by a capsule, hilum the opening on the medial side for nerve and vessels to go through. Inner medulla is a discontinuous, darker triangular collection of pyramids: renal pelvis = uretic pelvis. The relationship of kidney and abdominal wall changes during development: the moving does not drag old blood supplies with it, kidney takes new blood supply from the new level. Muscular tube that transports urine from kidney to bladder.