KidneysandSuprarenalGlands
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KidneysinSitu:PosteriorViews
Latissimus
dorsi muscle
Serratus posterior
inferior muscle
External
oblique muscle
Aponeurosis of
transversus
abdominis muscle
Internal
oblique muscle
Thoracolumbar fascia
(posterior layer)
Iliac crest
Erector spinae muscle
Gluteal aponeurosis
(over gluteus medius
muscle)
Gluteus maximus
muscle
Pleura (costo-
diaphragmatic recess)
Lumbocostal ligament
Quadratus lumborum
muscle (
cut
)
Diaphragm
Subcostal nerve
Right kidney
Ascending colon
Transversus
abdominis muscle
Iliohypogastric nerve
Ilio-inguinal nerve
Quadratus lumborum
muscle (
cut
)
Psoas major muscle
Iliolumbar ligament
Projection of 11th rib
Inferior vena cava
Area for diaphragm
Projection of 12th rib
Area for diaphragm
Projection of 12th rib
Area for aponeurosis
of transversus
abdominis muscle
Area for quadratus
lumborum muscle
Area for psoas
major muscle
Area for aponeurosis
of transversus
abdominis muscle
Area for quadratus
lumborum muscle
Area for
psoas major muscle
Posterior relations
of kidneys
10
11
12
Aorta
