Ureter (histological slide)
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The ureter is a muscular tube that carries urine from the renal pelvis to the bladder.
- Tunica mucosa
It consists of a transitional epithelium (usually a few cuboidal cells, the surface cells are umbrella-shaped) and lamina propria, made up of sparse collagenous tissue (dense).
- Tunica muscularis
It consists of two layers of smooth muscle: internal logitudinal, external circular. A third longitudinal layer occurs in the caudal third of the ureter.
Tunica adventitia
Made up of sparse collagen tissue with blood vessels and nerves.
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- EIS, Václav – JELÍNEK, Štěpán – ŠPAČEK, Martin. Histopatologický atlas [online]. ©2006. [cit. 2010]. <http://histologie.lf3.cuni.cz/histologie/atlas/index.htm>.
- JUNQUIERA, L. Carlos – CARNEIRO, José – KELLEY, Robert O.. Základy histologie. 1. edition. Jinočany : H & H 1997, 1997. 502 pp. ISBN 80-85787-37-7.
