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Urinary System: Li Yueying Department of Human Anatomy Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University
Urinary System: Li Yueying Department of Human Anatomy Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University
URINARY SYSTEM
li yueying
Superiorly----
suprarenal gland
* Deformity of kidney
1 2
Figures:
3
1. Normal kidney
2. Muitivesicular kidney
3. Horseshoe kidney
* Renal hilum and Renal pedicle
The relation of the main structures:
from front backward----
renal vein, renal artery, and renal pelvis
from up downward----
renal artery, renal vein, and renal pelvis
Renal sinus:
minor renal calyx,
major renal calyx,
renal pelvis,
renal artery and its branches,
renal vein and its tributaries,
nerves and lymphatics, etc.
Posterior view
* The structures
Parenchyma:
peripheral part--
renal cortex;
center part----
renal medulla
renal column
renal pyramid
renal papilla
Coronary section of kidney:posterior view
papillary foramen
Renal sinus: minor and major calices, renal pelvis
Sagittal section Horizontal section
The coverings of the kidney
* The coverings of kidney:
from outside to inside----
renal fascia, adipose capsule, and fibrous capsule
* Supporting structures of kidney
renal coverings, renal blood vessels, and viscera
* Segments of kidney
sup., sup. and ant., inf. and ant., inf., and posterior
sup. sup.