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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Kidneys, suprarenal, glands and posterior abdominal vessels, nerves and muscles

Posterior aspects of left kidney

Image #149-4

KEYWORDS: Adrenal gland, Kidney, Muscles and tendons, Peripheral nervous system, Vasculature.

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Kidneys, suprarenal, glands and posterior abdominal vessels, nerves and muscles
Posterior aspects of left kidney
  1. Superior extremity
  2. Posterior surface
  3. Lateral margin
  4. Branches of renal artery and vein which communicated with vessels in fatty capsule of kidney
  5. Renal pelvis (emerging from renal sinus)
  6. Medial margin
  7. Hilus of kidney
  8. Left renal artery (note injected adventitial veins along artery)
  9. Left renal vein
  10. Ureter (cut off and displaced)
  11. Inferior extremity