what is The veical extension of right kidney ?: (A) T10 - L2, (B) T12 - L3, (C) T11 - L4, (D) T12 - L2
Answer is B. The kidneys occupy the epigastric, hypochondriac, lumbar and umbilical regions . Veically they extend from the upper border of twelfth thoracic veebra to the centre of the body of third lumbar veebra. Ref : B D Chaurasia's Human Anatomy , seventh edition , volume 2 , pg. no., 341.