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VASCULAR ANATOMY OF THE KIDNEYS
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T
HE INFERIOR
RENAL CAVA
TRA VELS
POSTERIOR
THE THAN
RIGHT VENA
ARTERY
TO LONGER
T ARTERY
VEINS
IS KIDNEYS
THE
LEFT
THE
RENAL RENAL
. EXIT
THEREFORE
.I
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AT THE
HE RENAL
THE CONNECT
THEIR LATERAL
HILUMS
RESPECTIVE ASPECTS
OF
AND VENA
TO CAVA
INFERIOR
.
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T BETWEEN
RENAL
HE
THE
HAS MESENTERIC
THEREFORE
ACROSS
ABDOMEN ABDOMINAL
LEFT
VEIN SUPERIOR
TO
TRA VEL
THE AND
AORTA
THAN
THE
RIGHT
RENAL
VEIN
AND
IS
ARTERY
LONGER
.
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