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Ureter
Ureter A narrow tube that transfers urine from the kidney to the bladder.
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Urine
The waste fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters, stored in the bladder, and voided through the urethra.
Kidney
One of the paired organs that excrete urine. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs (about 11 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 3 cm thick) lying on either side of the vertebral column, posterior to the peritoneum, about opposite the twelfth thoracic and first three lumbar vertebrae.
Bladder
A muscular triangular-shaped, hollow organ located in the pelvic cavity and supported by the pelvic floor muscles. The bladder stretches to store urine and contracts to release urine.
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Ureters
Two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
Urethra
A narrow tube that transports urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. In males, it also conducts sperm and semen to the outside.
Urethral stricture
Contraction or closure of the urethra, as when scar tissue contracts following urethral surgery.
Urethralism
The condition or activity of achieving sexuoerotic arousal through stimulation of the urinary urethra by means of insertions of rubber cathethers, rods, objects, fluids, ballbearings, and even long flexible cathether-like electrodes ("sparklers"). This activity may be part of a paraphilic rubber catheter fetish, a sadomasochistic repertory, sexuoerotic experimentation and variety, or activity the result of anatomic ignorance as urethral intercourse has been described wherein a case of infertility was due to the insertion of the husband's penis into the wifes urethra rather than the vagina.
Urethritis
Infection limited to the urethra.
Urethroplasty
Plastic surgery to construct an artificial urinary canal or urethra in a penis so as to correct a birth defect or an injury.
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Urethral stricture
Contraction or closure of the urethra, as when scar tissue contracts following urethral surgery.
Urogenital
Pertaining to both the urinary and genital structures; genitourinary.
Urogenital sinus
In embryology, an elongated sac or funnel that precedes the differentiation of the external genitalia. In some types of hermaphroditism its differentiation fails to reach completion so that it constitutes a birth defect of the external genital orifice(s).
Ungual
Having to do with the nails.
Uremia
The buildup in the blood of substances normally eliminated in the urine.
Ureter
Urinary bladder
The organ that serves as a temporary storage place for urine. Also called the bladder.
Uvula
The fleshy mass hanging down from the soft palate above the back of the tongue.
Urodynamic assessments
Tests of urine flow and pressure, carried out to establish bladder function.
Unequal randomisation
A technique used to allocate subjects into groups at a differential rate; for example, three subjects may be assigned to a treatment group for every one assigned to the control group..
Ultralente Insulin
A type of insulin that is long acting.
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