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Title: What two mechanisms prevent the backflow of urine into the ureters?
Post by: rahrah23 on Feb 12, 2018
What two mechanisms prevent the backflow of urine into the ureters?
 
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Title: What two mechanisms prevent the backflow of urine into the ureters?
Post by: virpal jattana on Feb 12, 2018
Ureters enter the bladder at an angle such that as the bladder contracts, the muscles of the bladder compress the ureters like a one-way valve. Second, the ureteral openings in the bladder are partially covered by folds of mucosa that also help prevent the retrograde flow of urine.