Though many morphological studies of the kidney have been reported, there are few studies with special reference to the hilus itself. This paper describes the hilus of 50 kidneys in 25 Japanese adults.
The arteries, veins and ureter were filled with latex rubber of different colors, and the hilus was cut along the long axis. The relative size of the hilus was calculated by the ratio of the area of hilus to that of the medial surface of the kidneys. The position of the hilus was estimated by mesasuring it's height on the long axis of the medial border of the kidneys (Fig. 1). The hilus was divided into 4 areas by horizontal and vertical lines passing through the center of the sectioned ureter (Fig. 2), and the number of blood vessels was counted in each area.
The results were as follows:
1) The shape of the hilus was irregular in apporoximately 80% of the kidneys.
2) The mean area of the hilus was 14.7 (5.5-30.9)% of the medial surface area of the kidneys.
3) The hilus was situated on the center of the long axis of the medial border of the kidneys.
4) The average numbers of arteries inside and outside the hilus were 5.94 (3-11), and 1.58 (0-8), respectively.
5) The average numbers of veins inside and outside the hilus were 4.08 (2-8), and 0.12 (0-2), respectively.
6) The number of arteries in the hilus was much larger than that of veins.
7) The number of blood vessels in each area of the hilus was as follows: (1)5.40 (2-10) in the anterosuperior part, (2) 2.33 (0-6) in the anteroinferior part, (3) 1.21 (0-9) in the posterosuperior part, (4) 0.86 (0-4) in the posteroinferior part.
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