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  2. Ureter - Wikipedia

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    It is classically described that there are three sites in the ureter where a kidney stone will commonly become stuck: where the ureter meets the renal pelvis; where the iliac blood vessels cross the ureters; and where the ureters enter the urinary bladder, [9] however a retrospective case study, which is a primary source, of where stones lodged ...

  3. Transitional epithelium - Wikipedia

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    Histology at KUMC urinary-renal16 "ureter" www.urothelium.com is an online resource for information about Human Urothelium and the "Biomimetic Urothelium" Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine; Urothelium at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Histology at qmul.ac.uk Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

  4. Urinary system - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 November 2024. This article is about the human urinary system. For urinary systems of other vertebrates, see Urinary systems of birds, urinary systems of reptiles, and urinary systems of amphibians. Anatomical system consisting of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and the urethra Urinary system 1 ...

  5. Kidney - Wikipedia

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    This becomes the ureter. At the hilum, the ureter and renal vein exit the kidney and the renal artery enters. Hilar fat and lymphatic tissue with lymph nodes surround these structures. The hilar fat is contiguous with a fat-filled cavity called the renal sinus. The renal sinus collectively contains the renal pelvis and calyces and separates ...

  6. Bowman's capsule - Wikipedia

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    Bowman's capsule (or the Bowman capsule, capsula glomeruli, or glomerular capsule) is a cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine.

  7. Facet cell - Wikipedia

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    Facet cells (also known as umbrella cells, [1] capping cells, superficial urotheliocytes) are a type of cells located in the renal pelvis, the ureters, and the urethra. Umbrella cells form the outermost layer of the urothelium, which is a special type of epithelium found in the renal pelvis, the ureters, and the urethra.

  8. Development of the urinary system - Wikipedia

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    * 3. Ureter. * 4. Urinary bladder. * 5. Urachus. * cl. Cloaca. * cp. Elevation which becomes clitoris or penis. * i. Lower part of the intestine. * ls. Fold of integument from which the labia majora or scrotum are formed. * m, m. Right and left Müllerian ducts uniting together and running with the Wolffian ducts in gc, the common genital cord ...

  9. Papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential

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    Urology, pathology Papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential ( PUNLMP ) is an exophytic (outward growing), (microscopically) nipple-shaped (or papillary) pre-malignant growth of the lining of the upper genitourinary tract (the urothelium ), which includes the renal pelvis , ureters , urinary bladder and part of the urethra .