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ureter
tube carrying urine from kidneys to bladder to cloaca
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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ureter A muscular tube that transports urine by peristaltic contractions from the kidney to the bladder. PICTURE ...
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ureter The tube which conveys urine from the kidney to the bladder.
urethra The tube from the urinary bladder to the exterior in both sexes.
uric acid the main nitrogenous excretory product in birds, reptiles, some invertebrates, and insects ...
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ureters: tubes that carry waste from the kidneys to the urinary bladder for storage or release.
urethra: the path in which urine flows from the bladder to the exterior; the tube within the penis that carries the sperm.
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ureter
A duct leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
urethra
A tube that releases urine from the body near the vagina in females or through the penis in males; also serves in males as the exit tube for the reproductive system.
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renal pelvis: Basically just a funnel, the renal pelvis accepts the urine and channels it out of the hilus into the ureter.
ureter: A narrow tube 40 cm long and 4 mm in diameter. Passing from the renal pelvis out of the hilus and down to the bladder.
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Smooth muscle or "involuntary muscle" is found within the walls of organs and structures such as the oesophagus, stomach, intestines, bronchi, uterus, ureters, bladder, and blood vessels.
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[Gr. meta - after, behind, later in time; Gr. nephros - the kidneys]. The third and permanent excretory organ formed in embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals, caudal to the mesonephros. The ureter develops from the mesonephric duct.
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