THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

URINARY BLADDER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The shape of the kidney could best be described as:a. pear-shapedb. pea-shapedc. potato-shapedd. bean-shaped
A
D.
B
Blank
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cow, C. Sheep. These represent heart-shape, lobulated, and bean-shaped kidneys, respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -In horses, the kidneys are smooth, but only the left kidney is bean-shaped whereas the right kidney is heart-shaped.

Detailed explanation-4: -The camel kidney is bean shaped, smooth, multilobar, unipapillary, in which the fusion of renal papillae is complete forming a common renal papilla or crest, which channel urine into a central renal pelvis.

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