Anterior division of renal artery at a glance
- What it is
- The anterior division is the larger of the two branches of the renal artery near the renal hilum.
- Location
- The renal artery divides at or near the hilum into an anterior and a posterior division. The anterior division lies in front of the renal pelvis and gives the segmental arteries to the front of the kidney.
- Function
- It supplies most of the kidney tissue, through the apical (superior), anterior superior, anterior inferior and inferior segmental arteries.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA70487 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Renal segmental arteries are end arteries with no significant anastomoses.
Clinical relevance
Blockage of a segmental branch infarcts the segment it supplies.
Structures next to the anterior division of renal artery
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Kidney · urinary
- Posterior division of renal artery · cardiovascular
- Renal vein · cardiovascular
- Subcostal artery · cardiovascular
- Inferior suprarenal artery · cardiovascular
- Renal artery · cardiovascular
- Hepatovenous segment VI · digestive
- Hepatovenous segment VII · digestive
- Subcostal vein · cardiovascular
- Splenic vein · cardiovascular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Anterior division of renal artery (FMA70487). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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