Sunday 1 July 2012

Kidney Location In Living Body

The Kidney is a main Functioning Organ in the Human..needs a proper Care..All about these will be posted in new post read Along.

 FROM WIKI

Location

Surface projections of the organs of the trunk, showing kidneys at the level of T12 to L3.
 A CT scan in which the kidneys are shown



In humans the kidneys are located in the abdominal cavity, more specifically in the paravertebral gutter and lie in a retroperitoneal position at a slightly oblique angle. There are two, one on each side of the spine.[citation needed] 

The asymmetry within the abdominal cavity caused by 
the liver typically results in the right kidney being slightly lower than the left, and left kidney being located slightly more medial than the right. The left kidney is approximately at the vertebral level T12 to L3, and the right slightly lower. The right kidney sits just below the diaphragm and posterior to the liver, the left below the diaphragm and posterior to the spleen. Resting on top of each kidney is an adrenal gland

The upper (cranial) parts of the kidneys are partially protected by the eleventh and twelfth ribs, and each whole kidney and adrenal gland are surrounded by two layers of fat (the perirenal and pararenal fat) and the renal fascia. Each adult kidney weighs between 125 and 170 grams in males and between 115 and 155 grams in females. The left kidney is typically slightly larger than the right.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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