Ureter

Question 1

What connects the kidney to the urinary bladder?

Answer 1

ureter

Question 2

What is the location of the ureter?

Answer 2

retroperitoneal, on the psoas major, crossed by the gonadal vessels, crosses the common iliac artery, upper part in the abdomen and lower part in the pelvis

Question 3

What are the three constrictions where kidney stones can become lodged?

Answer 3

uretopelvic junction, pelvic brim and where it enters the wall of the bladder

Question 4

Branches from what vessels supply the ureter?

Answer 4

renal a., gonadal a., aorta, common iliac a., superior vesical a.

Question 5

What innervates the abdominal part of the ureter?

Answer 5

renal plexus

Question 6

What innervates the pelvic part of the ureter?

Answer 6

hypogastric plexus