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 information
- VHOG:0001264
- GAID:390
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjkypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- UMLS:C0041967 (ncithesaurus:Urethra)
- MAT:0000121
- galen:Urethra
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0041967
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/302513006
- FMA:19667
- EV:0100099
- EFO:0000931
- NCIT:C12417
- MESH:D014521
- XAO:0000153
- CALOHA:TS-1132
- EMAPA:30901
- MIAA:0000121
- MA:0000379
- BTO:0001426
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urethra
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, major_organ
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.
Term relations
- organ
- anatomical conduit
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops_from some primitive urogenital sinus
- part of some lower urinary tract
- channel for some urine
- develops_from some embryonic urethral groove
- continuous_with some urinary bladder
- channels_from some urinary bladder