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The Ureters: The Hind Brain

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The Ureters are long, thick walled, but narrow tubes made up of smooth muscle fibres located between the kidneys and bladder. Carrying urine from the kidneys to the bladder, they have valves that stop urine flowing back to the kidneys b.The Uterus is located caudal of the animal and houses the developing pregnancies. It is a hollow Y-shaped muscle leading from the cervix and these are suspended into the abdominal cavity by the mesometrium. The surface of the feline uterus is usually smooth and regular unlike the dog. Having the 2 long horns enables the cat or dog to carry multiple pregnancies at the same time as the pregnancies can grow along the horns c.The Hind Brain is situated at the back of the cranium. It has two main structures, one

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