Kidney anatomy
Position & palpable aspects of the normal kidney - Kidney surface anatomy
Movement of the kidney during normal respiration
- Appreciation of the intimate relation of the kidneys to diaphragm, abdominal wall muscles, pleural sacs & peritoneum; contribution of upper left kidney to stomach bed. Implications of these relations in injury and disease.
- Detailed anatomy of these relations not required
- The renal fascia as a determinant of the spread of perinephric abscess pus and the anatomical basis for this: Layers around the kidney
- The renal arteries as fast-flowing vessels posterior to the pancreas.
- The segmental nature of renal arterial supply - Renal circulation and cortex
- Lymphatic drainage to para-aortic nodes
- Understanding of the basis for renal colic pain: role of coeliac plexus, sympathetic trunk & spinal nerves - see Kidney stones
- Overview of the renal architecture: components of the nephron; medulla; cortex.
- Renin-secreting cells
- Details of kidney development are NOT required