Editing Kidneys (section)

== Perirenal space ==

* '''Contains'''
** '''Adrenal'''
** '''Kidney'''
** '''Ureter'''
** '''Perirenal fat'''
** '''Renal vascular pedicle'''
** '''Gonadal vessels'''
* '''<span style="color:#ff0000">The perirenal fat is finer and lighter yellow in color compared with the coarser yellow-orange pararenal fat.</span>'''
* '''The perirenal space has a conelike shape that is open at its inferior extent in the extraperitoneal pelvis.'''
** There is some controversy regarding the medial and inferior extents of the perirenal space. Historically, it was assumed that there was no communication between the right and left perirenal spaces. However, based on in vivo cases and cadaveric injection studies, there may be some communication across the midline below the level of the renal hilum