Anatomy: Blood supply, venous drainage and innervation of adrenal glands

1. GROSS ANATOMY
OF ADRENAL
GLANDS
Prepared by: Anish Dhakal (Aryan)
MBBS Student
Patan Academy of Health Sciences

2. ADRENAL (SUPRARENAL)
GLAND
Enclosed in renal fascia and surrounded by perinephric fat
Accessory suprarenal glands

4. RIGHT ADRENAL GLAND
• Apex- Bare are of liver
• Base- Upper pole of right kidney
Surfaces
• Anterior surface- Inferior vena cava, Right lobe of liver,
duodenum
• Posterior surface- Right crus of diaphragm
Borders
• Anterior- hilum, suprarenal vein
• Medial- Right coeliac ganglion, right inferior phrenic
artery
• Lateral- Liver

5. LEFT ADRENAL GLAND
Ends
 Upper- Posterior end of spleen
 Lower- Hilum, left suprarenal vein
Surfaces
 Anterior- stomach,splenic artery, pancreas
 Posterior- Kidney, Left crus of diaphragm
Borders
 Medial- Left coeliac ganglion, left inferior phrenic artery,
left gastric artery
 Lateral- Stomach

6. BLOOD SUPPLY
Arteries
• Superior suprarenal artery
• Middle suprarenal artery
• Inferior suprarenal artery
Veins
• Right suprarenal vein
• Left suprarenal vein

7. LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE AND
NERVE SUPPLY
Lymphatic drainage
• Lumbar lymph nodes
Nerve supply
• Preganglionic sympathetic fibers
• Postganglionic sympathetic fibers- chromaffin cells