navicular fossa of spongiose part of urethra
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The dilated terminal portion of the male spongy urethra located in the glans penis right before the external urethral orifice, also referred to as the most distal pendulous urethra; it is lined by stratified squamous, non-keratinizing epithelium; during development, the glans of the penis is initially solid but cannulates to give rise to the navicular fossa. [ MP:0011838 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navicular_fossa_of_male_urethra MP:anna ]
Synonyms: fossa navicularis of urethra navicular fossa navicular fossa of urethra fossa navicularis urethrae (pars spongiosa, urethra masculina) fossa navicularis urethrae
Term information
- Wikipedia:Navicular_fossa_of_male_urethra
- SCTID:362233002
- FMA:19722
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Term relations
- subdivision of tube
- protein-containing material entity
- reproductive structure
- cellular anatomical structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some spongiose part of urethra
- contributes to morphology of some spongiose part of urethra
- has part some non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium