| muscular coat of uterus | <anatomy> Uterine smooth muscle. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| muscular coat of vagina | Muscular layer of the vaginal wall. Synonym: tunica muscularis vaginae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longitudinal layer of muscular coat | The outer, longitudinal layer of the smooth muscle of the muscular coat. Nomina Anatomica lists longitudinal layers of muscular coats (stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis...) of the following: 1) colon (... Coli ); 2) rectum (... Recti ); 3) small intestine (... Intestini tenuis ); 4) stomach (... Gastrici ). Synonym: stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis gastricae, stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abdominal part of ureter | The part of the ureter between the renal pelvis and the brim of the pelvis. Synonym: pars abdominalis ureteris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medially deviated ureter | <radiology> Retroperitoneal fibrosis, pelvic lipomatosis, abdomino-perineal resection, retrocaval ureter, normal variant (12 Dec 1998) |
| pelvic part of ureter | The part of the ureter between the brim of the pelvis and the urinary bladder; the upper pelvic portion of the embryologic urogenital sinus. Synonym: pars pelvina ureteris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retrocaval ureter | <radiology> Ureter courses behind and medial to IVC, with or without ureteral obstruction subcardinal vein, IVC usually formed from supracardinal veins (12 Dec 1998) |
| retroiliac ureter | Congenital defect where the ureter passes deep to the iliac artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucosa of ureter | The inner layer of the ureter. Synonym: tunica mucosa ureteris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| constrictions of ureter | Normal physiological narrowings of the ureter observable in a pyelogram; the uppermost occurs at the origin of the ureter from the renal pelvis; a second occurs as the ureter crosses the iliac vessels and pelvic brim; the inferiormost occurs as the ureter penetrates the wall of the urinary bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postcaval ureter | Congenital defect where the right ureter passes deep to the inferior vena cava on its descent to the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curlicue ureter | Term given to the radiographic appearance of an opacified ureter, herniated through the sciatic foramen; a very rare condition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectopic ureter | Opens somewhere other than the bladder wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureter | The tube passing from each kidney to the bladder for the conveyance of urine. Its average length is 25 to 30 centimetres. (27 Sep 1997) |
| buffy coat | <haematology> Thin yellow white layer of leucocytes on top of the mass of red cells when whole blood is centrifuged. (18 Nov 1997) |