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  2. Ureter - Wikipedia

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    However, the terms "ureter" and "urethra" were variably used to refer to each other thereafter for more than a millennium. [29] It was only in the 1550s that anatomists such as Bartolomeo Eustachi and Jacques Dubois began to use the terms to specifically and consistently refer to what are in modern English called the ureter and the urethra. [29]

  3. Urinary system - Wikipedia

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    The human urinary system, also known as the urinary tract or renal system, consists of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and the urethra. The purpose of the urinary system is to eliminate waste from the body, regulate blood volume and blood pressure, control levels of electrolytes and metabolites , and regulate blood pH .

  4. Development of the urinary system - Wikipedia

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    A.—Diagram of the primitive urogenital organs in the embryo previous to sexual distinction. The common genital cord is labeled with gc. * 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 ...

  5. Urethra - Wikipedia

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    The urethra (pl.: urethras or urethrae) is the tube that connects the urinary bladder to the urinary meatus, [1] [2] through which placental mammals urinate and ejaculate. [3] In non-mammalian vertebrates , the urethra also transports semen but is separate from the urinary tract.

  6. Genitourinary system - Wikipedia

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    The urethra of an adult human female is 3-4 cm long. [4] The female urethra is located between the bladder neck to the external urethral orifice and is behind the symphysis pubis. [ 4 ] The urethral wall is composed of an inner epithelial lining, a sub-mucosa layer containing vascular supply, a thin fascial layer, and two layers of smooth muscle.

  7. Renal pelvis - Wikipedia

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    Like the bony pelvis, the renal pelvis (/ ˈ r iː n əl ˈ p ɛ l v ɪ s /) gets its English name via Neo-Latin from the older Latin word pelvis, "basin", as in "wash basin". [4] In both cases the name reflects the shape of the structure, and in the case of the renal pelvis, it also reflects the function.

  8. Kidney (vertebrates) - Wikipedia

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    Urine is excreted through the renal papillae into the calyces and then into the pelvis, ureter, and bladder. [62] [28] Then it is excreted outside through the urethra. [64] In monotremes, the ureters open into the urogenital sinus, which is connected to the urinary bladder and cloaca, [65] and urine is excreted into the cloaca instead of the ...

  9. Bladder - Wikipedia

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    In placental mammals, urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra during urination. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In humans, the bladder is a distensible organ that sits on the pelvic floor . The typical adult human bladder will hold between 300 and 500 ml (10 and 17 fl oz ) before the urge to empty occurs, but can hold considerably more.