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ureter

Tube connecting the kidney to the bladder. Its wall contains fibres of smooth muscle whose contractions aid the movement of urine out of the kidney.



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However, three weeks later, on January 24, it was discovered that the end of the new stent was not in the kidney but instead had perforated the ureter and was outside the kidney's collection system.
It contains six parts including two kidneys, two ureters, the bladder, and a urethra.
The new kidney's blood vessels are joined to the blood vessels that supply the leg, and its ureter is attached to the bladder.
 
 
 
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