During the radical hysterectomy of a 52-year-old woman, the surgeon is careful to avoid damaging the ureters when removing the uterus. The landmark relationship that the surgeon should look for adjacent to the uterus to ensure preservation of each ureter is the ureter coursing
A. inferior to the ovarian artery
B. superior to the ovarian artery
C. inferior to the uterine artery
D. superior to the uterine artery
E. inferiortotheuterinetube
F. superior to the uterine tube
Ans: D. superior to the uterine artery
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