Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Renal Calyx, Kidney Stone Disease, Common Iliac Artery

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Acb lecture 7 (41) ureter, urinary bladder and urethra. Components of the urinary system: 2 kidneys, 2 ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, trigone important anatomically bc you can find the openings of the 2 ureters and the urethra, not really physiologically. Ureter: expandable muscular tubes, convey urine from kidney to bladder, begin at level l2, 25-30 cm in length, descends retroperitoneal, enters pelvis at bifurcation of common iliac artery, enters posterior bladder wall. Ureter (cid:862) (cid:863: precipitated uric acid, calcium, magnesium or oxalate. Stones can form in kidney and travel through ureter: may get lodged along the way pain described as (cid:498)loin to groin(cid:499) Base: think of it as a pyramid has an apex and base, apex is suspended by this tendon thing. Internal sphincter made up of muscles of the bladder wall: external sphincter skeletal muscle through the prostate gland, whereas females don"t have one.

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