Ureters in situ (English)

Pelvic cavity with suprarenal glands, kidneys and ureters in situ, as well as the rectum, uterus, ovaries and urinary bladder and the major branches of the abdominal aorta and the inferior vena cava. All other abdominal viscera have been removed with the exception of the abdominal esophagus. The ureters leave the kidneys posterior to the renal vessels and course distally on the anterior surface of the psoas major muscle, posterior to the ovarian vessels (or testicular vessels in males). The ureters cross the bifurcation of the common iliac arteries at the pelvic brim to enter the pelvic cavity, where they run below the ductus deferentes in males and below the uterine arteries in females, to enter the base of the urinary bladder.