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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]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_meatus ]

Term info

Label

urethral meatus

Synonyms
  • external meatus of urethra
  • external urethral orifice
  • external urethral ostium
  • external urinary meatus
  • meatus urinarius
  • orificium urethrae externum
  • orificium urethræ externum
  • urethral meatus
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
meatus urinarius

latin term
orificium urethræ externum

latin term
orificium urethrae externum

has related synonym

urinary meatus

id

UBERON:0012240