Microscopic Cross Section of the Ureter


a. Star shaped lumen of the collapsed ureter

b. Mucous coat (dark layer) made of transitional epithelial cells.

Muscular coat
  • c. Circular muscular layer (smooth pink layer)

  • d. Longitudinal muscular layer (bumpy purple layer)
e. Fibrous coat made of connective tissue (adventitia).


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