ureters
[ (yoor-uh-tuhrz, yoo-ree-tuhrz) ]
The tubes that carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.
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How to use ureters in a sentence
The ureters in both sexes dilate as in other Ganoids at their posterior extremities, and unite with one another.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourIn the male the dilated portion of the ureters is divided into a series of partitions which are not present in the female.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourThe ureters are also much narrower than in previously described Ganoids and, after coalescing, open into the united oviducts.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourIn Amia (vide Hyrtl) there is a pair of Mllerian ducts which, as well as the ureters, open into a dilated vesicle.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourNine or possibly ten distinct ureters, whose arrangement is diagrammatically represented in fig. 1, Pl.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
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