urethral meatus

Preferred Label : urethral meatus;

Uberon definition : 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].;

Uberon synonym : external urethral orifice; external urinary meatus; external meatus of urethra; external urethral ostium;

Uberon related term : urinary meatus;

Details

Origin ID

0012240;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire urethral meatus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- External urethral meatus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- External urethral orifice [FMA entity]
- Structure of urethral meatus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- urethral meatus [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire urethral meatus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- External urethral orifice [FMA entity]
connects
- lumen of urethra [UBERON concept]
- space surrounding organism [UBERON concept]
part of
- urethra [UBERON concept]

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