KROK 1 2019 – Question 70 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
Clinical course of urolithiasis was complicated by the passage of a renal calculus. Where in the ureter is it most likely to stop?
- A. 5 cm above the pelvic segment
- B. In the middle of the abdominal segment
- C. In the renal pelvis
- D. At the border between the abdominal and pelvic segments
- E. 2 cm above the entrance to the urinary bladder
Hint
Recall the places along the ureter where its lumen is physiologically narrowed or where it bends and crosses other structures, since stones tend to lodge there.
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