Anatomy

Ureter

One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER.

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One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER.

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  • Ureters

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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do not confuse with URETHRA, espec in Romance lang: uretère (French), uréter (Span), uretere (Ital) = URETER, while urètre (French), uretra (Span), uretra (Ital) = URETHRA; /surg: consider URETEROSTOMY & URINARY DIVERSION (TN 189: probably do not index under URETER); ureteral catheterization: coord NIM with URINARY CATHETERIZATION (IM)

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  1. A05w.810w.776w

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WJ 400

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ureter. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014513. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014513
  2. Ureter. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ureter
  3. Ureter. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9385