How to Use ureter in a Sentence

ureter

noun
  • The tumor blocked my ureter, the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
  • Stones can affect your kidneys and any part of the urinary tract, such as the bladder and ureter.
    — Sarah Jividen, Health, 17 July 2024
  • The ureters are thin muscular tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • These stones can become lodged in the ureter, the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
  • The pain may come and go when the stones move through the ureters, tubes carrying pee from the kidneys to the bladder.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The upper urinary tract consists of your kidneys and ureters—the tubes that lead to your bladder.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And while there have been no permanent complications, several donors have had damage to their bladder or ureter.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The ureter is narrow, and when a kidney stone — which can range in size from a grain of sand to a small pebble — becomes lodged in there and stops the urine flow, the tube contracts painfully.
    — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Severe pain, or kidney colic, can occur when the stones move around in your kidney or block the flow of urine in a ureter (one of two tubes that lead from your kidney to your bladder).
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
  • 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
  • Renal colic is mainly experienced when a ureter is obstructed.
    — Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The urinary tract includes two kidneys, two ureters — thin tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder — the bladder and the urethra, which connects to the bladder.
    — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • The infection can also spread and affect other parts of your urinary tract, including your bladder, ureters (the tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder), and kidneys.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Physicians typically begin by managing pain with over-the-counter medications or prescription drugs that help dilate the ureter muscles, enabling the stone to pass from the ureter to the bladder.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Joann Catlett, 47, was incapacitated for six months after a hysterectomy during which her ureter, the duct that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder, was cut.
    — Holly Baltz, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • These infections may affect the kidneys, bladder, ureters (tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder), and urethra (the tube that delivers urine out of the body from the bladder), but most clear the body after a short course of oral antibiotics.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 23 June 2026
  • Renal System Complications The renal system—also known as the urinary system—consists of the kidneys, bladder, ureters, and urethra.
    — Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2024
  • This includes the lower UTIs, which affect the bladder and ureter, such as cystitis (bladder infection) and urethritis (urethral infection).
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Sep. 2025

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