title: The elastic tissue of the adult dilated ureter.
abstract: Adult dilated ureters have been examined in order to calculate the amount of the elastic tissue. From the histological observations and by the chemical analyses performed on the extracted elastin a decrease of the elastic tissue, as compared to the normal adult ureters has been noted. In fact, in the adult normal ureters, the elastin accounts for 9% of the dry matter, while in the abnormal the elastin represents 6.5%.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000032:analysis* / Q000473:pathology; D004549:Elastin / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D004549:Elastin