Kidney X Ray Normal. The only exception is patients with acute renal colic. In adults the normal kidney is 10 14 cm long in males and 9 13 cm long in females 3 5 cm wide 3 cm in antero posterior thickness and weighs 150 260 g.
In adults the normal kidney is 10 14 cm long in males and 9 13 cm long in females 3 5 cm wide 3 cm in antero posterior thickness and weighs 150 260 g. The only exception is patients with acute renal colic. Due to the right lobe of the liver the right kidney usually lies slightly lower than the left kidney.
A kidney x ray known as a retrograde pyelography is a test that helps your doctor look at how your urinary system is working and check that the shape and size of your organs are normal.
The presence of calcifications kidney stones in the kidneys or ureters may be noted. In the x ray room the patient must appear on an empty stomach. Your urinary system includes your two kidneys and the bladder the tube that connects each kidney to the bladder ureters and the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside urethra. The right kidney measures 10 7 cm and the left kidney measures 12 cm normal.