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Pelvic viscera
and retroperitoneal space
Arterial supply of the kidney
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Kidney
Suprarenal gland
Urinary bladder
Ren, Margo lateralis
Pelvis renalis
Crista iliaca
A arcuata
A. renalis
A. interlobaris
A. segmenti
Calyx renalis
Ren, Extremitas inferior
Ureter, Pars abdominalis
imitas superior
Vertebra lumbalis I, Proc eostalis
Ren, Margo medialis
A. renalis
Fig. 1152
Kidney, Ren;
AP-radiograph after intravenous injection of a contrast
medium which is excreted via the kidneys to demonstrate
the renal pelvis and the ureters (intravenous pyelography);
concomitant visualization of the arteries by injection
of a contrast medium into the renal artery through
a catheter* introduced into the aorta (arteriography).
(A. renalis polaris inferior)
Fig. 1153 a-d
Variations in the arterial supply of the kidney,
a One renal artery, A. renalis, with a branch to the superior pole
b
Two renal arteries to the renal hilum
c Two renal arteries, one of which supplies the superior pole
d Two renal arteries, one of which supplies the inferior pole
