Cardiovascular system
Posterior branch of renal artery
Ramus posterior arteriae renalis
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Left renal artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
Before reaching the hilus of the kidney, each artery divides into four or five branches.
The anterior branches (the upper, middle, lower and apical segmental arteries) lie between the renal vein and ureter, the vein being in front, the ureter behind.
The posterior branches, which are fewer in number and include the posterior segmental artery, are usually situated behind the ureter.
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Names
- Latin
- Ramus posterior arteriae renalis
- English
- Posterior branch of renal artery
- French
- Branche postérieure de l'artère rénale
- Spanish
- Rama posterior de la arteria renal
- Portuguese
- Ramo posterior da artéria renal