Ureter Flashcards
Length
10inches
5 normal constrictions
- Pelviureteric Junction
- Brim of lesser pelvis
- crossing of vas deferens/broad ligament
- passage throughout bladder wall
- Opening in lateral angle of trigone
Anterior Relations On right side [Abdomen]
3rd part of duodenum
right colic vesseles
Ileocolic vessels
Ileum
Anterior relations left side [abdomen]
Peritoneum
Gonadal artery
Left colic veseels
Sigmoid colon and mesocolon
Posterior relations [abdomen]
Psoas major
transverse processes
genitofemoral nerve
Medial relations [abdomen]
Inf vena cava [R]
Left gonadal vein [L]
Poaterior relations [Pelvis]
Internal iliac artery
Internal ilac vein
lumbosacral trunk
sacroiliac joint
Lateral relations in pelvis
Obturator nerve and vessels
fascia covering obturator internus
middle rectal and inf vesical artery
Blood supply
Upper part- renal artery
Middle part-Aorta
Pelvis part- vesical, middle rectal and uterine vessels
Nerve supply
SNS-T10-L1
PSNS-S2-S4
Mucosal Linning epithelium of ureter is
Transitional epithelium
Double ureter
Uretic bud divides into 2
Uteric colic
Pain begins in tge loin and radiates down the forin. inner thigh and scrotum/labia majus [T11-L2]
Common surgical error while removing uterus
Ligate/cut uterus with uterine artery