Kidney Anatomy Mid Pole. Regardless of the degree of respiration mid or full the risk of injury to the lung from a 10th or higher intercostal approach to the kidney is prohibitive. The outer surface can be divided into anterior side dorsal side upper pole and lower pole.
The aim of this study was to analyze the anatomy of the inferior pole collecting system and the mid renal zone classification in human endocasts applied to flexible ureteroscopy. Just remember a wet bed which stands for. In order to understand the functions of the kidney we must first learn its anatomy.
Kidney anatomy renal capsule outer membrane that surrounds the kidney.
When the patient is in the prone position the surgeon must expect to find a retrorenal colon in 10 of cases especially in the area of the inferior pole of the kidneys and especially in women the old and those who are thin. Each kidney is about 10 to 13 cm 4 5 inches in long 6 cm. In males and 135 gms in females. The medial surface is concave deeply grooved renal sinus and forms the renal hilum.