answered to pass
2 kidneys lie behind abdominal cavity in... - correct answer ✔✔retroperitoneal space
Layer directly adherent to kidney - correct answer ✔✔renal capsule
Double layer of connective tissue that lines kidney following layer of adipose fat - correct
answer ✔✔renal fascia
What happens when someone loses a significant amount of body weight? - correct answer
✔✔They begin to lose the adipose tissue "fat pad" that lines the kidney-- causes it to droop.
Renal ptosis
Renal Ptosis - correct answer ✔✔One or kidney drops; may cause kinking of renal and/or renal
vessels
Hilum - correct answer ✔✔Renal vessels and ureter enter/exit kidney; in concave portion
Position of L/R kidneys - correct answer ✔✔L- 12 intercostal, around level of 3rd lumbar
vertebrae
R- lower; displaced by liver
Structures of Kidney - correct answer ✔✔Cortex
Medulla
Pyramids