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]. [ MP:MP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_meatus ]
Synonyms: external urethral orifice meatus urinarius urethral meatus orificium urethræ externum orificium urethrae externum external meatus of urethra external urinary meatus external urethral ostium
Term information
- FMA:19650
- EMAPA:37977 (MA:th)
- SCTID:181424008
- Wikipedia:Urinary_meatus
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Term relations
- orifice and part of some urethra and connects some lumen of urethra and connects some space surrounding organism