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MeSH Heading: Urethra
Tree Number(s): A05.360.444.492.726; A05.810.876
Unique ID: D014521
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014521
Annotation: do not confuse with URETER, especially in Romance language: see note on URETER; inflammation = URETHRITIS
Scope Note: A tube that transports URINE from the URINARY BLADDER to the outside of the body in both the sexes. It also has a reproductive function in the male by providing a passage for SPERM.
Entry Term(s): External Urethral Sphincter; External Urinary Sphincter; Internal Urethral Sphincter; Internal Urinary Sphincter; Internal Vesical Sphincter; Urethral Sphincters
NLM Classification #: WJ 600
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Urethra MeSH Descriptor Data 2025