Station 4: Ureters and Urinary Bladder

Question 1

How is the ureter peritonised?

Answer 1

Retroperitoneal

Question 2

What type of tissue is the ureter?

Answer 2

Muscular

Question 3

Where do the proximal and distal portions of the ureter lie?

Answer 3

Proximal = abdominal cavity

Distal = pelvic cavity

Question 4

What muscle does the ureter run along?

Answer 4

Psoas major

Question 5

In males, what crosses the ureter superiorly?

Answer 5

Vas deferens

Question 6

In females, what crosses it superiorly?

Answer 6

Uterine artery

Question 7

Identify the three ureteric constrictions

Answer 7

Renal pelvis = Pelvicoureteric junction

Bifurcation of the Iliacs = P_elvic brim_

Entrance to the bladder = vesicoureteric junction

Question 8

Which part of the bladder do the ureters enter?

Answer 8

Inferior posterior medial

• At the top corners of the trigone

Question 9

What part of the bladder does the urethra exit?

Answer 9

Bottom of the trigone

Question 10

What attaches the bladder to the umbillicus?

Answer 10

Median umbillical ligament

Question 11

What is the median umbillical ligament a remnant of?

Answer 11

Embryological urachus (a remnant of the allantois)

Question 12

What joint sits immediately posterior to the bladder?

Answer 12

Pubic symphysis

Question 13

What is the name of the muscle of the bladder?

Answer 13

Detrusor muscle

Question 14

What kind of epithelium lines the urinary bladder?

Answer 14

Transitional epithelium

Question 15

What type of scan is typically done to investigate acute kidney stones

Answer 15

USS

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