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| What is the location of the R kidney? |
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| Retroperitoneal, V to last 2 or 3 ribs & 1st L TP (T16-L1) |
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| Which part of the kidney is covered by peritoneum? |
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| What is made by the Cr pole of the R kidney? |
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| Renal impression on caudate process of caudate lobe of liver |
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| What is the shape of the R kidney? |
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| Describe the diameter of the R kidney. (What characteristic is only true of the R kidney of the horse)? |
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| Transverse diameter > or = longitudinal diameter |
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| What are the relations of the R kidney? |
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| Cr: liver, V: desc. duod, pancreas, base of cecum; coils of SC & SI; medially: R adrenal gland & aorta |
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| What can happen to the pancreas that is of clinical importance? How often does it happen? |
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| Proteolytic enzymes released, digesting/damaging all surrounding organs; Rarely |
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| Which kidney is better protected by the thoracic cage? |
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| Where is the L kidney located? |
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| V to T17-L2, more Cd than R kidney |
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| Is the L kidney retroperitoneal? |
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| Yes; Less so than R kidney |
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| What is the shape of the L kidney? |
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| What are the relations of the L kidney? |
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| Spleen & stomach Cr; Aorta M; SC & coils of SI V |
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| Is the L kidney palpable per rectum? |
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| Cd pole may be just w/i reach |
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| Where is the hilus in the kidneys? |
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| Describe the external surface of the kidney. |
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| What type of kidney does the horse have? |
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| Unipyramidal (fused pyramids) |
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| Is there evidence of lobation in the kidneys? |
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Definition
| Internally; Shown by blood vessels only |
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| Equine kidney is more _______ than bovine. |
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| Advanced phylogenetically |
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| Equine kidney has a common ______. |
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| a central expanded portion & 2 terminal recesses that collect urine; Large, well-devo RP |
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| M indentation, surrounds hilus; Contains fat tissue |
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| Urine flows from the renal crest to the _____. |
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| Ureter leaves; Blood vessels enter |
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| Glands in the ______ produce mucus. |
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| Mucus makes equine urine ____ & ____. |
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| What is the term for the cloudy, viscous urine of the horse? |
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| Physiological Albuminuria |
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| Ureters become ____ on leaving the kidneys. |
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| Comment on the size of the renal a. |
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| The renal a. may break into ____ br's which penetrate the ___ surface of the organ rather than the ____. |
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| The adrenal glands are on the ____ side of the _____ of the kidneys. |
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| In the pelvis, where are the ureters located? (In mare? In stallion) |
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| L part of broad lig. (Mare); Genital Fold (Stallion) |
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| In the male, the ureters are ____ to the DD |
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| _____ is a satellite of the renal a. |
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| Comment on the size of the renal v. |
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| The renal v. is a direct tributary of the _____. |
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