Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Multiple Renal Arteries, Anterior View (of B)

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Multiple Renal Arteries, Anterior View (of B)

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

Image of multiple renal arteries

Note the multiple renal arteries; three to each of the two kidneys. In this specimen they arose from the arterial supply to the adrenal gland (a^o), aorta (a), and from the median sacral artery (a⁺).

Illustration A

a	renal artery
c	celiac trunk
cia	common iliac artery
g	gonadal artery and vein
ga	right gonadal artery arises from aorta above renal vein
i	inferior mesenteric artery
K	kidney
s	superior mesenteric artery
t	urinary bladder trigone
u	urinary bladder
v	inferior vena cava

From Bergman, Dissecting room specimen, University of Iowa, College of Medicine, unpublished.

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