Preferred Label : spongiose part of urethra;
Uberon definition : the longest part of the male urethra contained in the corpus spongiosum and extending
from the end of the membranous portion to the external urethral orifice; commencing
below the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm it passes forward and upward
to the front of the symphysis pubis; and then, in the flaccid condition of the penis,
it bends downward and forward; while narrow and of uniform size in the body of the
penis, it is dilated behind, within the bulb, and again anteriorly within the glans
penis, where it forms the fossa navicularis urethrae; the spongy urethra is lined
by pseudostratified columnar epithelium proximally, and by stratified squamous epithelium
distally;
Uberon synonym : cavernous portion of male urethra; male spongy urethra; spongiose urethra; spongy urethra (male); male spongiose urethra; pars cavernosa urethrae; penile urethra; pars spongiosa urethrae masculinae;
Origin ID : 0001337;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- contributes to morphology of
- has part
- located in
- part of
the longest part of the male urethra contained in the corpus spongiosum and extending
from the end of the membranous portion to the external urethral orifice; commencing
below the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm it passes forward and upward
to the front of the symphysis pubis; and then, in the flaccid condition of the penis,
it bends downward and forward; while narrow and of uniform size in the body of the
penis, it is dilated behind, within the bulb, and again anteriorly within the glans
penis, where it forms the fossa navicularis urethrae; the spongy urethra is lined
by pseudostratified columnar epithelium proximally, and by stratified squamous epithelium
distally
