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In both men and women, the urethra is the tube through which urine is excreted from the urinary bladder to outside the body. Urine flows from the bladder out of the body by way of the urethra when the sphincter muscle is relaxed. The urethral sphincter muscle is at the base of the bladder and controls the release of urine from the bladder into the urethra, which then flows out of the meatus (opening at the end of the urethra) when urinating.
The urethra is approximately 1 1/2 inches long in females and around 8 inches long in males. The urethral meatus is located at the tip of the penis in men and between the clitoris and vaginal opening in women.
In males the urethra also carries semen from the ejaculatory duct outwards through the penis. The semen is directed from the reproductive organs through the vas deferens tube for semen that intersects with the urethra at the prostate gland. A valve there at the base of the urethra directs the flow of either urine or semen through the urethra and out of the meatus.
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∙ 15y agoIn the middle of the penis is a tube thing that carries urine and semen from inside to outside of the body. Women have uretheras too, but not the same as a man's.
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What part of the vagina does a woman urinate from?
the urethra
What portion of the urethra is between the prostate and penis?
The prostatic or membranous urethra
Ejaculatory opens into this part of urethra?
prostatic urethra
What is the purpose of dilating the urethra?
Dilating the urethra is done when there is a stricture (abnormal narrowing) of the urethra in order to make the urethra wider.
What brings urine and semen out of the body and through the penis?
The urethra.
Where does urine come out in a female?
The urethra; it is located between the clitoris and the vaginal introitus in the vulva.
What tube does sperm leave the body from?
urethra basically near the penis but its the urethra
What is the part in males that has prostatic and membranous and spongy parts?
Urethra has three regions in males, the prostatic urethra, membranous urethra, and the spongy urethra.
Urine and sperm leave the body through what structure?
the urethra which runs down the center of the erect penis. The urethra is also used for urination in both men and women.
Region of male urethra that passes through urogenital diaphragm?
There is no defined region of urethra: it begins a at the bladder and ends at the head of the penis. The external urethra, the area that you can see, is called the meatus.
What do females urinate out of?
Females have a very short urethra coming off the bladder. The male's is longer because it has to go through the penis.
What is the medical term surgical fixation of the urethra?
Urethropexy is the surgical fixation of the urethra. Where as urethroplasty is the surgical repair of the urethra. Urethropexy restores the urethra to its proper place.urethropexyurethropexy
