-
nouneither of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Definition that contains ureter
- pelvis a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- cystitis inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters
- renal colic sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter
- pyelography roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye)
- ivp X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye
- renal pelvis a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- ureterorenal reflux a backflow of urine from the ureter into the renal pelvis
- arteria renalis an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
- pyelogram an X ray of the kidneys and ureters
- ureteritis inflammation of the ureter