Right inferior suprarenal artery

Looks like

A small branch of the renal artery running up to the adrenal gland on top of the kidney.

What it does

Supplies the lower part of the adrenal gland.

Keeping it well

Tied off in adrenal or kidney removal; small and rarely a problem.

Related conditions

• Acute kidney injury
• Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
• Chronic kidney disease
• Dehydration & electrolyte disorders
• Diabetes insipidus (arginine vasopressin deficiency)
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Glomerulonephritis
• Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
• Hantavirus infection
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hydronephrosis
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• IgA nephropathy
• Kawasaki disease
• Kidney cancer
• Kidney infection
• Kidney stones
• Lead poisoning
• Leptospirosis (Weil's disease)
• Metabolic syndrome
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Poisoning & overdose
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Renal artery stenosis
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• SIADH (inappropriate antidiuretic hormone)
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Tuberous sclerosis complex
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)
• Vesicoureteral reflux
• Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)
• Yellow fever