Ureters

Question 1

Describe the left and right ureters

Answer 1

They are two muscular tubes that empty urine from their respective kidneys and carry it to the urinary bladder

Question 2

Describe the walls of the ureter

Answer 2

Consists of three layers of smooth muscle fibres that spiral around the tube and aid peristaltic contractions that force urine into the bladder

Question 3

How do the ureters descend?

Answer 3

From the kidneys behind the peritoneum to enter the pelvis

Question 4

How do the ureters descend?

Answer 4

Descend from the kidneys behind the peritoneum to enter the pelvis

Question 5

What do the ureters do for the bladder?

Answer 5

When the bladder is full or contracting the ureters act as valves and prevent urinary reflux into the ureters

Question 6

What are the three regions where the ureters narrow?

Answer 6

1. At the junction between the ureters and the renal pelvis
2. Where the ureters cross the brim of the pelvic bone
3. In the entrance of the ureters into the bladder

Question 7

Renal and uterine calculi?

Answer 7

Same as kidney stones, they are condensations of minerals that occur in the calyces of the kidneys or in the ureters