The Ureter

On slide B-72 (ureter, human, H&E [2.5x, 10x, 20x, 40x-labeled]), identify the mucosa (comprised of transitional epithelial cells), the lamina propria (which lacks a muscularis mucosa), and the muscularis. As these sections were obtained from the upper 2/3 of the ureter, there are only two layers to the muscularis. The inner smooth muscle layer is oriented longitudinally, and outer layer is circular smooth muscle. External to the muscularis is the tunica adventitia. Refer to R-P or R-K-P, Pl. 74.

TheKidney

• RenalCorpuscle
• ProximalConvolutedTubule (PCT)
• ThinTubules
• DistalConvolutedTubule (DCT)
• JuxtaglomerularApparatus
• CollectingTubules

The Ureter

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-- AshleyLPistorio - 18 May 2007