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male urethral crest

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narrow longitudinal fold of mucosa on the posterior wall of the male urethra, extending from the uvula of the bladder through the prostatic urethra; when distended, it may serve to prevent the passage of the semen backward into the bladder; on either side of the male urethral crest is a slightly depressed fossa, the prostatic sinus, the floor of which is perforated by the orifices of the prostatic ducts from the lateral lobes of the prostate; the ducts of the middle lobe open behind the crest; at the forepart of the crest, below its summit, is a median elevation, the colliculus seminalis, upon or within the margins of which are the orifices of the prostatic utricle and the slit-like openings of the ejaculatory ducts[MP] [ ]

Term info

Label

male urethral crest

Synonyms
  • crista phallica
  • crista urethralis masculinae
  • urethral crest (male)
  • urethral crest of male
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
crista urethralis masculinae [ MP : anna ]

latin term
crista phallica [ MP : anna ]

id

UBERON:0012297