ureteric peristalsis

id: GO:0072105
name: ureteric peristalsis
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A wavelike sequence of involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation that passes along the ureter, impelling the contents onwards. The ureter is one of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the kidney pelvis to the urinary bladder.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0014849ureter smooth muscle contraction
GO:0030432peristalsis