Review Items - Kidneys & Retroperitoneum

Kidney: (N 334,342)
Paravertebral gutters (N 263,342,329)
Pararenal fat
Renal fascia
Perirenal fat (adipose capsule)
Renal (fibrous) capsule
Hilum
Sinus
Cortex
Renal columns
Medulla
Renal pyramids
Renal papillae
Minor calyx
Major calyx
Renal pelvis
Ureter
Suprarenal gland: (N 347)
Cortex
Medulla
Branch of greater thoracic splanchnic n. (N 318,346)
Diaphragm: (N 185,263)
Lateral, medial, and median arcuate ligaments
Central tendon
Right and left crura
Aortic hiatus
Esophageal hiatus
Caval foramen (hiatus)
Vertebrocostal trigone
Muscles (N 263)
Psoas major & minor
Quadratus lumborum
Iliacus m.
Abdominal aorta: (N 264)
Inferior phrenic a.
Celiac trunk (N 300,301,302)
Superior mesenteric a. (N 306)
Renal aa. (N 332 ,335)
Interlobar aa.
Supernumerary renal aa. (N 333)
Gonadal aa. (N 332,400,401)
Suprarenal aa. (N 332)
Superior, middle and inferior
Inferior mesenteric a. (N 307)
Lumbar segmental aa.
Median sacral a.
Common iliac aa.
Inferior vena cava: (N 265)
Common iliac vv.
Lumbar segmental vv. (N 332)
Right gonadal v. (N 332,400,401)
Right renal v. (N 332,341)
Right suprarenal v. (N 332)
Right inferior phrenic v.
Left renal v. (N 332,328)
Left gonadal v. (N 332,400,401)
Left suprarenal v. (N 332)
Left inferior phrenic v. (N 332)
Nerves:
Celiac branches of posterior vagal trunk (N 318,319)
Celiac ganglia and plexus (N 318,319,320)
Aorticorenal ganglion (N 318)
Superior mesenteric ganglion & plexus (N 318,322)
Greater and lesser (and least) thoracic splanchnic nn. (in abdomen) (N 318,320,323,330)
Lumbar ganglia (N 318)
Lumbar splanchnic nn. (N 318)
Intermesenteric plexus (N 318)
Superior hypogastric plexus (N 318)
Lumbar segmental nn. (N 267,496,497)
Lumbar sympathetic trunk (N 267,318)
Gray and white rami communicantes
Subcostal n. (N 267,496)
Lumbar plexus (N 267,497,498)
Iliohypogastric n.
Ilioinguinal n.
Genitofemoral n.
Lateral femoral cutaneous n.
Femoral n.
Obturator n.
Lymphatics: (N 266,546)
Lumbar (lateral aortic) nodes
Lumbar lymph trunks
Intestinal trunk
Cisterna chyli
Femoral ring & deep inguinal lymph nodes
Clinical Terms:
Femoral nerve iatrogenic injury
Renal calculus (kidney stone)
Cystic kidney
Horseshoe/pelvic kidney
Hiatal hernia
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)