Ureter

ureters: tubes that carry waste from the kidneys to the urinary bladder for storage or release. urethra: the path in which urine flows from the bladder to the exterior; the tube within the penis that carries the sperm. Full article ...

ureter tube carrying urine from kidneys to bladder to cloaca Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...

ureters The tubes that carry urine from each kidney to the bladder. Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page ...

ureter [Gk. from ourein, to urinate] A duct leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder. urethra ...

ureter A muscular tube that transports urine by peristaltic contractions from the kidney to the bladder. PICTURE ...

ureter The tube which conveys urine from the kidney to the bladder. urethra The tube from the urinary bladder to the exterior in both sexes. uric acid the main nitrogenous excretory product in birds, reptiles, some invertebrates, and insects ...

ureter A duct leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder. urethra A tube that releases urine from the body near the vagina in females or through the penis in males; also serves in males as the exit tube for the reproductive system.

renal pelvis: Basically just a funnel, the renal pelvis accepts the urine and channels it out of the hilus into the ureter. ureter: A narrow tube 40 cm long and 4 mm in diameter. Passing from the renal pelvis out of the hilus and down to the bladder.

other disorders of kidney and ureter Renal osteodystrophy - Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus - Renal tubular acidosis - Nephroptosis - Ureterocele Other diseases and disorders of urinary system ...

The urine formed by the kidney is collected and sent down the ureter to the urinary bladder. The bladder is lined by an interesting transitional epithelium which allows it to expand so that the urine can be stored.

[Gr. meta - after, behind, later in time; Gr. nephros - the kidneys]. The third and permanent excretory organ formed in embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals, caudal to the mesonephros. The ureter develops from the mesonephric duct.

See also: Cells, Trans, Organ, Long, Kidney