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
- FMA:19667
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/302513006
- GAID:390
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urethra
- BTO:0001426
- MA:0000379
- MIAA:0000121
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjkypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- XAO:0000153
- galen:Urethra
- NCIT:C12417
- VHOG:0001264
- MESH:D014521
- CALOHA:TS-1132
- EV:0100099
- EFO:0000931
- UMLS:C0041967 (ncithesaurus:Urethra)
- MAT:0000121
- EMAPA:30901
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0041967
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, major_organ
- 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.
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Female_anatomy.png
- uberon
- urethral
- UBERON:0000057
- 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
- mesoderm-derived structure
- anatomical conduit
- organ
- 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
- internal urethral sphincter
- external urethral sphincter
- urethral sphincter
- lamina propria of urethra
- urethral meatus
- internal urethral orifice
- mucosa of urethra
- wall of urethra
- lumen of urethra
- urethra smooth muscle layer
- urethra skeletal muscle tissue
- urethra mesenchymal layer
- urethra urothelium
- membranous urethra of male or female
- urethral gland
- urethra muscle tissue
- epithelium of urethra