ANAT 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Renal Corpuscle, Renal Capsule, Renal Vein
12 Nov 2016
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Urinary system: lecture 1 (reading material: chapter 26: pages 695-706) Left kidney is always higher than the right kidney because on the right side the liver pushes the kidney down throughout development. The length of the right renal artery is longer. *retroperitoneal organ they are posterior to the peritoneal membrane. Pressure from behind can cause one of the floating ribs to pierce into the kidney or the spleen which is very dangerous. *some individual s only have 1 kidneys fusion of kidneys during development called a horseshoe kidney. size surface anatomy: Also where the ureter comes out of the kidney. Renal pelvis is the dilated portion of the ureter. This is to prevent the backflow of urine into the kidney. For males, enlargement of the prostate can interfere with urine flow in the ureters and this pressure can force urine back up into the kidneys. *the ureter crosses over into the medial component of the bladder.
