ureter in dogs

Muscular duct that propels urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder, or related organs. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the ureter is

Muscular duct that propels urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder, or related organs. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the ureter is

It sits in the pelvis and trunk, within the urinary system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the ureter connects to

The atlas records 28 typed relationships for it, across 10 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, pelvic region of trunk and renal system, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: superior vesical artery and ureteric segment of renal artery. Venous drainage: superior vesical vein.

Also called

Also recorded as metanephric duct. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000056, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical entity, pelvic region of trunk, renal system and upper urinary tract.
• A kind of: anatomical entity, anatomical structure and pelvic region element.
• contains: adventitia of ureter, lamina propria of ureter, muscular coat of ureter, ureter luminal urothelium, ureter smooth muscle and ureteral valve, and 2 more.
• contributes to morphology of: renal pelvis, ureter smooth muscle and urothelium of ureter.
• flows to: urinary bladder and renal pelvis.
• subtype: left ureter and right ureter.
• Supplied by: superior vesical artery and ureteric segment of renal artery.
• connects: ureteropelvic junction and ureterovesical junction.

Questions

Where is the ureter?

It sits in the pelvis and trunk, within the urinary system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the ureter connect to?

Part of: anatomical entity, pelvic region of trunk, renal system and upper urinary tract.

Is the ureter the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.