Published January 14, 2016. FoxNews.com. Nominations for the 88th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning. Many of the names called out were foregone conclusions: âSpotlightâ for Best Picture, Leonardo DiCaprio in âThe Revenantâ for Best Actor, and Cate Blanchett in âCarolâ for Best Actress.
A ureterocele is a dilation of the area where the ureter inserts into the bladder. Ureteroceles are a congenital abnormality which means they are present at birth. It is unknown exactly why ureteroceles form, but it is thought to be due to an abnormality of the formation of the ureter tube as it inserts into the bladder.
The ureter is the tube through which urine moves from the kidney to the bladder. A diagram of a kidney. The renal tubule is part of the filtration system in the nephrons of the kidneys. The distal convoluted tubule helps regulate the pH of the urine by secreting positively charged protons. The kidney contains 4 million nephrons, which are responsible for filtering the blood.