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| pain with disease/injury to kidney |
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| visceral pain localized to the costovertebral angle and posterior subcostal region |
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| pain with disease/injury to upper part of ureter/kidney stone |
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| "loin-to-groin" pain from flank to isilateral groin |
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| lie atop and in front of the upper poles of the kidneys, have an outer cortex and an inner medulla, retroperitoneal |
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| arterial supply to adrenal glands |
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| 3 arteries: superior adrenal arteries, middle adrenal arteries, inferior adrenal arteries |
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| venous drainage of adrenal glands |
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| left and right adrenal veins |
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| in paravertebral gutters within the upper quadrants of the abdomen, tilted so the upper pole lies closer to the spine, left higher than left (11th vs 12th rib) |
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| right kidney peritoneal relationships |
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| anteriorly with right adrenal gland, the 2nd part of the duodenum, the hepatic flexure |
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| left kidney peritoneal relationships |
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| anteriorly with left adrenal gland, the body of the pancreas, the splenic flexure |
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| a central, blind, fat-filled space where the hilum leads |
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| renal artery enters, renal vein and renal pelvis exit |
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| densely packed with glomeruli, also includes renal columns |
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| consists of 5-18 renal pyramids and renal papillae projecting toward the renal sinus |
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| each renal pyramid and the cortical region that lies at its base |
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| arise from abdominal aorta at the 1st or 2nd lumbar vertebra, divides into anterior and posterior rami as it extends through renal hilum |
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| arise from the rami of the renal artery, each supplies a separate vascular segment of the kidney, anatomical end arteries |
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| join the inferior vena cava at the same level, left crosses in front of abdominal aorta and behind the superior mesenteric artery |
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