male urethra
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Introduction
A musculatr tube (ca. 20 cm long) that conveys urine as well as spermatic fluid from the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder to the external urethral orifice at the tip of the glans penis. Divided into 4 parts:
- Urethra in the bladder neck(preprostatic urethra)
- Prostatic urethra
- Intermediate part of the urethra(membraneous urethra)
- Spongy urethra
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Components
- intrabulbar fossa
- navicular fossa of urethra (Morgagni fossa/fovea)
- prostatic utricle (Weber organ, vesica prostatica, vagina masculina, uterus masculinus)
- membranous (intermediate) urethra
- spongy urethra
- preprostatic urethra
- prostatic urethra