Where it is
More cranial than the left, roughly T13-L2, with its cranial pole in the renal fossa of the liver (dashed outline).
- Layer
- Organs
- System
- Urinary system
- Region
- Abdomen
What it is and what it does
The right kidney usually lies more cranially than the left one, roughly between the last thoracic and the second lumbar vertebra, with its cranial pole in the renal fossa of the caudate lobe of the liver. Masses of this kidney push the descending duodenum and the ascending colon medially and ventrally, a sign that these organs lie beside it, on the right. In the left-side view it is drawn with a dashed outline.
Worth remembering
The duodenum and the ascending colon lie beside it, on the right.
Names
- Latin term: ren dexter.
- In Romanian: Rinichiul drept (Romanian page).
In the atlas lessons
The organs: where they sit, from neck to pelvis (5 min).
Questions from the atlas
"Find it on the drawing" questions whose answer is this structure; in the atlas you will find them in the question bank and in the lessons.