How does urinary bladder anatomy support its storage function?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together the muscular tubes that connect the kidneys to the urinary bladder and transport urine from the renal pelvis of each kidney to the bladder for storage and eventual elimination are called. What is it? Answer choice. A urethra, answer choice. B ureter answer C urethral sphincter or answer choice. D urethritis. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer choices is the correct answer. So we are looking for the term to describe those muscular tubes which connect the kidneys to the urinary bladder and function by transporting urine from the renal pelvis of each kidney to the bladder or storage as well as for eventual elimination. And looking at our answer choices, we are able to eliminate answer choice. C urethral sphincter. Since we note that a sphincter is a muscle, specifically a ring of muscles that open or close to control the flow of something. And in this case, the urethral sphincter controls the flow of urine. So it is incorrect and we can also eliminate answer choice. A urethra. Since we note that the urethra is responsible for transporting the urine from the bladder out of the body in that eventual elimination. So it is also incorrect. And we are able to recall that the urethral Metu is the term that is used to describe that external opening of the urethra and not those muscular tubes connecting the kidneys to the urinary bladder. So, answer choice D is also incorrect, leaving us with only one remaining answer choice, which is answer choice B the ureter, the correct answer since the ureter are those thin muscular tubes which connect the kidneys to the urinary bladder. And they are also responsible for the transportation of urine from the renal pelvis of each kidney to the bladder for storage and eventual elimination. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.