Essential Clinical AnatomyEssential Clinical Anatomy, Fourth Edition presents the core anatomical concepts found in Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Sixth Edition in a concise, easy-to-read, and student-friendly format. The text includes clinical Blue Boxes, surface anatomy and medical imaging and is an ideal primary text for shorter medical courses and/or health professions courses with condensed coverage of anatomy. The Fourth Edition features a modified layout with new and improved artwork. The clinical Blue Boxes are now grouped to reduce interruption of text and are categorized with icons to promote easier comprehension of clinical information. A companion website includes fully searchable online text, interactive cases, USMLE-style questions, and clinical Blue Box video podcasts. Online faculty resources include an Image Bank and a Question Bank. |
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... URETERS The ureters are muscular ducts with narrow lumina that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder . The superior expanded end of the ureter , the renal pelvis , is formed through the merging of two or three major ...
... ureters arise mainly from three sources : the renal artery , testicular or ovarian arteries , and abdominal aorta . The veins of the ureters drain into the renal and testicular or ovarian veins ( Fig . 2.46 ) . The endocrine function of ...
... ureters then run posteroinferiorly on the lateral walls of the pelvis , and anterior to the internal iliac arteries . Opposite the ischial spine , they curve anteromedially , supe- rior to the levator ani , to enter the urinary bladder ...