Description
The arterial supply of the kidneys comes from paired right and left renal arteries that arise from the abdominal aorta. There are commonly one or two accessory renal arteries, a vestige of the embryonic ascent of the kidneys from the pelvis. Renal and accessory renal arteries enter the organ at the hilum of the kidney.
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Renal Artery
Renal artery dissection may be a primary renal artery process limited to the main renal artery or its intrarenal branches or may be from extension of an aortic dissection.
