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Ureters - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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<big><center>[[Urinary System - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO URINARY - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Urinary System - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO URINARY - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY''']]</center></big>
==Overview==
* Muscular tube
* Passes in retroperitoneal space
* 2 Parts
** Abdominal Portion
** Pelvic portion
*** At this points it moves medially
*** In the female this movment is through the broad ligament
*** In the male it is through the mesoductus
* It ends of the dorsolateral surface of the bladder
** Within the lateral ligament of the bladder
==Wall==
* It has a mucous membrane
** It is formed from transitory epithelium
** Protects against urine
* Under that is a lamina propria
* Followed by a muscularis layer
* And finally on the outside an adventitia
==Junction With the Bladder==
The ureter enters the bladder obliquely
Runs between the muscular layers and mucosa
This stops back flow when the bladder is full as increasing pressure in the [[Bladder - Anatomy & Physiology | bladder]] pushes the two layers together occluding the ends of the ureters.
They open through 2 slits on a raised "hillock"