"urethra" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
has:
- external orifice, urethral orifice - the orifice through which urine is discharged
- musculus sphincter urethrae, urethral sphincter - a striated sphincter muscle that constricts the urethra
is a part of:
- apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system - the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
- urinary tract - the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine
- vulva - external parts of the female genitalia
- member, penis, phallus - the male sex organ (`member' is a euphemism)