Biological termEasy1 mark
1(a)
Name the following:
The duct which transports urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
Topic: Ureter
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Answer
Exam answer
URETER.
Explanation
Read the direction in the question, because it decides between two almost identical words: URETER — kidney to urinary bladder URETHRA — urinary bladder to the outside
This confusion costs marks every year, and the only remedy is to learn the whole path in order: KIDNEY → URETER → BLADDER → URETHRA → outside.
There are two ureters, one from each kidney, and urine is moved along them by PERISTALSIS rather than by gravity — which is why the system works whatever position the body is in.
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