urethra
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000057
The fibromuscular tubular canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder to the exterior via the external urinary meatus; in males, the urethra is joined by the ejaculatory ducts and serves as a passageway for semen during ejaculation, as well as a canal for urine during voiding; in females, the urethra is shorter and emerges above the vaginal opening. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0000537 ]
Term info
- MA:0000379
- galen:Urethra
- GAID:390
- UMLS:C0041967 (ncithesaurus:Urethra)
- MIAA:0000121
- EFO:0000931
- MAT:0000121
- SCTID:302513006
- BTO:0001426
- EV:0100099
- EMAPA:30901
- MESH:D014521
- Wikipedia:Urethra
- VHOG:0001264
- NCIT:C12417
- FMA:19667
- CALOHA:TS-1132
- XAO:0000153
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urethral
In human males, the urethra travels through the penis, and carries semen as well as urine. In females, the urethra is shorter and emerges above the vaginal opening.
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uberon
UBERON:0000057
Urethra
Term relations
- organ
- anatomical conduit
- mesoderm-derived structure
- continuous with some urinary bladder
- develops from some primitive urogenital sinus
- part of some lower urinary tract
- channel for some urine
- capable of part of some micturition
- develops from some embryonic urethral groove
- channels_from some urinary bladder