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(Netter Basic Science) Frank H. Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy-Elsevier (2018)

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Gross Structure of Kidney

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Superior pole

Anterior surface

of right kidney

Renal capsule

(cut and peeled back)

Lateral border

Medial border

Hilum

Renal artery

Renal vein

Renal pelvis

Stellate veins visible

through capsule

Medial border

Ureter

Inferior pole

Suprarenal gland

and lobulated

kidney of infant

Renal capsule

Cortex

Medulla (pyramids)

Minor calyces

Blood vessels

entering renal

parenchyma

Renal sinus

Renal papilla

Renal column

(of Bertin)

Base of pyramid

Major calyces

Renal pelvis

Fat in renal sinus

Minor calyces

Ureter

Right kidney sectioned in

several planes, exposing

parenchyma and renal pelvis

Kidneys and Suprarenal Glands Plate 314

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