VAN 121: Veterinary Gross Anatomy-II (2+2)

Renal artery

RENAL ARTERIES

( View the Aortic supply in abdomen )

• Visceral paired.
• These are right and left arises close together from the inferior face of the abdominal aorta about 8 cm behind the origin of the preceding branch.
• The right renal artery is shorter but larger while the left renal artery is longer but narrow.
• The right artery enters the hilus of the right kidney.
• The left renal artery passes to the hilus of the left kidney.
• Each renal artery gives off in addition small branches to the ureter, renal lymph gland and adrenal glands.