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urethral meatus

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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

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urinary meatus

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UBERON:0012240

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External urethral orifice