Look up: ureter

1. ureter
   [n] - either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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2. Ureter
   The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
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3. Ureter
   (ureters) Tubes which carry urine from each kidney to the bladder.
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4. Ureter
   A long muscular tube which connects each kidney to the bladder
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5. ureter
   One of two long tubes which transport urine from the kidney to the bladder
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6. Ureter
   Tubes which take urine from the kidney to the bladder
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7. Ureter
   Ureter: A tube that carries urine down from the kidney to the bladder. There are normally two kidneys so there are accordingly two ureters under normal circumstances, one ureter coming from each kidney conveying urine to the bladder.
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8. ureter
   the duct conveying urine from the kidney to the bladder Category: Medicine
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9. ureter
   The tube passing from each kidney to the bladder for the conveyance of urine. Its average length is 25 to 30 centimetres. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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10. ureter
    noun either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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11. ureter
    (u-re´tәr) (u´rә-tәr) the fibromuscular tube, 41 to 46 cm long, through which the urine passes from the kidney to the bladder. As urine is produced by each kidney, it passes into the ureter, which, by contracting rhythmically, forces the urine along and empties it in spurts into the bl...
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12. Ureter
    • (n.) The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.
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13. ureter
    one of two ducts that transmit urine from each kidney to the bladder. Each ureter is a narrow tube that is about 12 inches (30 cm) long. A ureter ... [10 related articles]
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14. Ureter
    In human anatomy, the ureters are tubes made of smooth muscle fibers that propel urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. In the adult, the ureters are usually {convert|25|-|30|cm|in|abbr=on|0} long and ~3-4 mm in diameter. In humans, the ureters arise from the renal pelvis on the medial aspe...
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15. ureter
    Each ureter is a small tube, 25–30 cm long, that carries urine from the renal pelvis in the kidney to the urinary bladder. It descends from the renal pelvis, along the posterior abdominal wall, behind the parietal peritoneum, and enters the urinary bladder on the posterior inferior surface. Th...
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16. ureter
    ureter (yoorē'tur) , thick-walled tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder. It is approximately 10 in. (25.4 cm) long, with the upper half located in the abdomen and the lower half in the pelvic region. Urine is transported down this tube under the impetus of gravity ...
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17. Ureter
    The tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder.
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18. Ureter
    The Ureters are two membranous tubes which carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder in vertebrates. Each of the two ureters is a narrow tube which measures approximately 38 cm long, and about 3 mm in diameter. The ureters pass from the renal pelvis, within the kidneys, out of the hilus of each ki...
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19. ureter
    Type: Term Pronunciation: yū-rē′tĕr, yū′rē-ter Definitions: 1. The tube that conducts the urine from the renal pelvis to the bladder; consists of abdominal and pelvic parts; lined with transitional epithelium surrounded by smooth muscle, both circular and longitu...
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20. ureter
    Tube connecting the kidney to the bladder. Its wall contains fibres of smooth muscle whose contractions aid the movement of urine out of the kidney
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21. URETER
    Membranous tube that transports urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
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22. Ureter
    The fibromuscular tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
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23. URETER
    A fibromuscular tube that transport urine from the collecting pelvis of the kidney to the base of the bladder, via a "stripping-wave" type of peristalsis.
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24. ureter
    Greek oureter = passage from kidney to bladder.
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25. Ureter
    The tube that leads from the kidney to the bladder.
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