NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The hilum is the concave part of the bean-shape where blood vessels and nerves enter and exit the kidney; it is also the point of exit for the ureters-the urine-bearing tubes that exit the kidney and empty into the urinary bladder. The renal pelvis connects the kidney to the rest of the body.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ureter originates in the renal pelvis and leaves the kidney through the hilus, located at its medial border (Fig. 7-2). The ureter follows a caudal path that is retroperitoneal in the abdominal portion.

Detailed explanation-3: -structure of human kidney The hilus is the point of entry and exit of the renal arteries and veins, lymphatic vessels, nerves, and the enlarged upper extension of the ureters.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ureters begin at the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) of the kidneys, which lie posteriorly to the renal vein and artery in the hilum[1]. The ureters then travel inferiorly inside the abdominal cavity. They pass over (anterior to) the psoas muscle and enter the bladder on the posterior bladder aspect in the trigone.