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urethra

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000057


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 info

database cross reference
  • XAO:0000153
  • GAID:390
  • MIAA:0000121
  • galen:Urethra
  • EFO:0000931
  • Wikipedia:Urethra
  • VHOG:0001264
  • NCIT:C12417
  • MA:0000379
  • UMLS:C0041967 (ncithesaurus:Urethra)
  • BTO:0001426
  • SCTID:302513006
  • CALOHA:TS-1132
  • EV:0100099
  • EMAPA:30901
  • MESH:D014521
  • MAT:0000121
  • FMA:19667
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, major_organ

UBPROP 0000007

urethral

UBPROP 0000008

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.

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Female_anatomy.png

id

UBERON:0000057

prefLabel

Urethra