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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Protoc. 2009 Jul 30;4(8):1230–1243. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2009.116

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Mouse urinary-tract anatomy. The mouse bladder is visible as a small round ball of tissue at the very lower portion of the abdomen (B), on top of the uterus (U). It is sometimes hidden underneath layers of adipose tissue (A), which are pushed aside for this image. The mouse intestines cover up the upper urinary tract. Once the intestines are moved aside, the kidneys (K) should be visible along side the colon (C). All animal studies were conducted in accordance to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals43 under assurance number A3381-01. The Washington University School of Medicine Animal Study Committee approved all experimental procedures described here.