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Ureters The
ureters are
tubes made of
smooth muscle that
propel urine from the
kidneys to the
urinary bladder. In a
human adult, the
ureters are usually...
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Duplicated ureter or
duplex collecting system is a
congenital condition in
which the
ureteric bud, the
embryological origin of the
ureter,
splits (or arises...
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cancer is
cancer of the
ureters,
muscular tubes that
propel urine from the
kidneys to the
urinary bladder. It is also
known as
ureter cancer,
renal pelvic...
- arteries;
blood exits into the
paired renal veins. Each
kidney is
attached to a
ureter, a tube that
carries excreted urine to the bladder. The
kidney parti****tes...
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Ectopic ureter (or
ureteral ectopia) is a
medical condition where the
ureter,
rather than
terminating at the
urinary bladder,
terminates at a different...
- of the
ureter, and
hydronephroureter describes the
dilation of the
entire upper urinary tract (both the
renal pelvicalyceal system and the
ureter). The...
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ureter in the kidney. It is
formed by the
convergence of the
major calyces,
acting as a
funnel for
urine flowing from the
major calyces to the
ureter...
- (pronounced you-REE-ter-ul), or
ureteric stent, is a thin tube
inserted into the
ureter to
prevent or
treat obstruction of the
urine flow from the kidney. The length...
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occurring in 9 out of 10 cases. It is also the
leading cause of
cancer of the
ureter, urethra, and urachus, and the
second leading cause of
cancer of the kidney...
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grows to more than 5
millimeters (0.2 inches), it can
cause blockage of the
ureter,
resulting in
sharp and
severe pain in the
lower back or abdomen. A calculus...