TissueDB/Structures/Ureter

▼This page is a structure entry for the SELF Tissue Database.It documents the component tissues, anatomical relationships, and surgical context of this structure to support low-cost, reproducible surgical simulator development.

Ureter — The ureters are paired muscular tubes about 26 cm long on average, with a reported range of 22 to 30 cm, that transport urine from the renal pelvis to the urinary bladder by peristalsis. In simulation, the ureter is recreated to teach ureteral stenting, ureteroscopy, and identification during pelvic and abdominal surgery to prevent iatrogenic injury; hysterectomy is the procedure that most often injures it.

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