How to Use ureter in a Sentence

ureter

noun

• Your urine goes through tubes called ureters to the bladder.
  — Kimberly Truong, SELF, 16 Mar. 2019
• The upper urinary tract consists of your kidneys and ureters—the tubes that lead to your bladder.
  — Samantha Lauriello, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
• At the same time, the doctor found a massive kidney stone, which was the result of the endometriosis blocking my ureter, so a stent had to be put in.
  — Essence, 14 Mar. 2019
• Kidney stones can become stuck in your ureters, or the tubes that carry urine from your kidney to your bladder.
  — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 4 Jan. 2024
• Before the surgery, Mayo printed a 3-D model of the girl’s pelvis, scaled to size and showing her bladder, veins, blood vessels, ureters and the tumor.
  — Aili McConnon, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
• Some stones remain small, and don't cause any pain, while others can travel into the ureter, which connects the kidney and the bladder.
  — Jessica Taylor Price, Teen Vogue, 28 Oct. 2018
• Well, typically the bacteria make its way into the kidneys through the ureters, which is the tube that connects the bladder to the kidneys.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Dec. 2019
• Kidney stones are rock-hard mineral and salt deposits that form inside your kidneys and that may get stuck in the ureter and cause a blockage.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 22 Feb. 2018
• The transplant included the attachments to the renal arteries and veins as well as the ureter, which carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
  — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
• These adhesions can engulf or bind the bladder, the intestines, the ureter tubes leading to the kidneys and other pelvic organs.
  — Jena Pincott, Scientific American, 1 June 2018
• Watching the dark-yellow fluid drip from the ureter into a clear cup, Locke knew things could easily go south later on.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023
• Twenty-three minutes after Locke removed the vessel clamps, human urine began to flow from the pig kidney into its ureter, the tube that shunts urine from the kidney to the bladder.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2023
• Rarely, endometriosis can invade other organs, such as the bowel, bladder or ureter (the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder), and potentially cause other serious health problems.
  — Katherine Hobson, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
• Symptoms can vary depending on the area; an infection in your urethra/ureters can cause burning with urination accompanied by abnormal discharge and cloudy pee.
  — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 23 Feb. 2018
• Kidney stones consist of solid pieces of material that crystallize in the kidney, ureters or bladder due to genetic and environmental factors.
  — Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 15 June 2023
• At St. Christopher’s Hospital, a pediatric nephrologist delivered sober news: The baby’s kidneys were abnormal, and his ureters were distorted.
  — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 23 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 8 Oct 2024