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
- GAID:390
- CALOHA:TS-1132
- MAT:0000121
- MESH:D014521
- VHOG:0001264
- FMA:19667
- NCIT:C12417
- EMAPA:30901
- XAO:0000153
- EFO:0000931
- BTO:0001426
- SCTID:302513006
- MA:0000379
- Wikipedia:Urethra
- MIAA:0000121
- EV:0100099
- galen:Urethra
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, major_organ
Term relations
- organ
- anatomical conduit
- mesoderm-derived structure
- 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