What is the correct flow of urine using this word bank?


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Ureters

Renal tubules

Renal calices

Glomerulus

Renal pelvis


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The question is ambiguous. Here is general information:

In human anatomy, the ureters are tubes made of smooth muscle fibers that propel urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. In the adult, the ureters are usually 25–30 cm (10–12 in) long and ~3-4 mm in diameter.

In humans, the ureters arise from the renal pelvis on the medial aspect of each kidney before descending towards the bladder on the front of the psoas major muscle. The ureters cross the pelvic brim near the bifurcation of the iliac arteries (which they cross anteriorly). This is a common site for the impaction of kidney stones (the others being the ureterovesical valve, where the ureter meets the bladder, and the pelvouteric junction, where the renal pelvis meets the ureter in the renal hilum). The ureters run posteroinferiorly on the lateral walls of the pelvis and then curve anteriormedially to enter the bladder through the back, at the vesicoureteric junction, running within the wall of the bladder for a few centimetres. The backflow of urine is prevented by valves known as ureterovesical valves.

In females, the ureters pass through the mesometrium and under the uterine arteries on the way to the urinary bladder. An effective phrase for remembering this anatomical relationship is "water (ureters) under the bridge (uterine arteries or vas deferens)."

Ureters are also found in all other amniote species, although different ducts fulfill the same role in amphibians and fish.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ureters


The renal tubule is the portion of the nephron containing the tubular fluid filtered through the glomerulus.[5] After passing through the renal tubule, the filtrate continues to the collecting duct system, which is not part of the nephron.[citation needed]

The components of the renal tubule are:

Proximal convoluted tubule (lies in cortex and lined by simple cuboidal epithelium with brushed borders which help to increase the area of absorption greatly.)
Loop of Henle (hair-pin like i.e. U-shaped and lies in medulla)
Descending limb of loop of Henle
Ascending limb of loop of Henle
The ascending limb of loop of Henle is divided into 2 segments: Lower end of ascending limb is very thin and is lined by simple squamous epithelium. The distal portion of ascending limb is thick and is lined by simple cuboidal epithelium.
Thin ascending limb of loop of Henle
Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle (enters cortex and becomes DCT-distal convoluted tubule.)
Distal convoluted tubule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_tubu...


Calyx or Calyce may refer to:
Anatomy

Major calyx, the convergence of two or three minor calyxes in the kidney
Minor calyx, a calyx in the kidney that surrounds the apex of the renal pyramids
Calyx of Held, a large synapse in the auditory brainstem structure
Calyx (zoology), the crown of a crinoid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_caly...