Anatomy study note · Abdomen

Ureter

A muscular tube about 25 cm long that carries urine from the renal pelvis to the bladder by peristalsis.

Key points

• 25 cm; on the psoas; crosses the common iliac bifurcation.
• Narrowings: PUJ, pelvic brim, bladder wall.
• Supply: renal → gonadal → superior vesical arteries.
• Colic: loin → groin (T11–L2).
• Ureter: ureteric bud.
• Transitional epithelium; lower ⅓ has 3 muscle layers.

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Relations · Course · Blood supply · Nerve supply · Lymph drainage · Histology · Development · Clinical notes

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 7, PDF pp. 942–944
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 16, PDF pp. 285–286
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 18, PDF pp. 335–336

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