Overview
- Labeled structures
- duodenum (2nd, 3rd, 4th parts)
- descending colon
- ascending colon
- kidneys
- left kidney sits at spinal cord level T12-L3, right kidney slightly inferior
- renal arteries take off aorta at L1
- aorta
- Not shown in diagram
- suprarenal glands aka adrenal glands
- ureters
- esophagus (lower 2/3)
- rectum (upper 2/3)
- “SAD PUCKER” mnemonic of retroperitoneal structures
- Suprarenal glands (aka adrenal glands)
- Aorta and IVC
- Duodenum
- Pancreas
- Ureters
- Colon (descending, ascending)
- Kidneys
- Esophagus
- Rectum