ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Listen to pronunciation. (YER-eh-ter) The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ureters are bilateral thin (3 to 4 mm) tubular structures that connect the kidneys to the urinary bladder, transporting urine from the renal pelvis into the bladder. The muscular layers are responsible for the peristaltic activity that the ureter uses to move the urine from the kidneys to the bladder.

Detailed explanation-3: -These tubes are called the ureters. The bladder stores urine until it’s time to urinate. Urine leaves the body through another small tube called the urethra. A ureteral obstruction is a blockage in one or both of the tubes (ureters) that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.

Detailed explanation-4: -The urinary system consists of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is a duplex kidney? In a normal urinary tract, each kidney is connected to one ureter (a tube that drains urine into the bladder). Children with a duplex kidney (also called a duplicated collecting system) have two ureters coming from a single kidney.