urethral meatus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012240
External opening or orifice of the urethra through which urine and seminal fluid (in males only) leave the body; in males the meatus presents as a vertical slit normally positioned at the tip of glans penis; in females the meatus is located between the clitoris and the vagina in the vulvular vestibule of the female genitalia[MP]. [ MP:MP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_meatus ]
Synonyms: external urethral orifice, meatus urinarius, urethral meatus, orificium urethræ externum, orificium urethrae externum, external meatus of urethra, external urinary meatus, external urethral ostium
Term info
- FMA:19650
- EMAPA:37977 (MA:th)
- Wikipedia:Urinary_meatus
- SCTID:181424008
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urinary meatus
uberon
UBERON:0012240
External urethral orifice
Term relations
- orifice and part of some urethra and connects some lumen of urethra and connects some space surrounding organism
- urethral opening
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some urethra
- connects some space surrounding organism
- connects some lumen of urethra