Ureter (definition)

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Definition: One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER.

do not confuse with URETHRA, espec in Romance lang: uret+¿re (French), ur+¬ter (Span), uretere (Ital)
See Also Ureteroscopy; Ureterostomy; Urinary Diversion

Other names Ureters

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
Thymic-Renal-Anal-Lung dysplasia	0	Anus, Imperforate Fetal Growth Retardation Kidney/abnormalities Lung/abnormalities Thymus Gland/abnormalities Ureter/abnormalities.
Ben Ari Shuper Mimouni syndrome	0	Abnormalities, Multiple Agenesis of Corpus Callosum Head/abnormalities Ureter/abnormalities.

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