Urethra

System Urinary
SNOMED CT 302513006

Urethra

Definition

The fibromuscular tubular canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder to the exterior via the external urinary meatus; in males, the urethra is joined by the ejaculatory ducts and serves as a passageway for semen during ejaculation, as well as a canal for urine during voiding; in females, the urethra is shorter and emerges above the vaginal opening.

The Urethra is a part of the Urinary.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Anterior urethra cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign urethral neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign urethral neoplasm Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of urethra Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of urethra Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma of Cowper glands Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma of Cowper glands Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma of urethra Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma of urethra Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Female urethral cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Fibroepithelial polyp of urethra Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Fibroepithelial polyp of urethra Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Gonococcal urethritis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Gonococcal urethritis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Littre gland carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Littre gland carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Male urethral cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Nephrogenic adenoma of the urethra Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Nephrogenic adenoma of the urethra Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Penile urethral cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Posterior urethra cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Prostatic urethra urothelial carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Prostatic urethra urothelial carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Prostatic urethral cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra adenocarcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra clear cell adenocarcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra clear cell adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra inverted papilloma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra inverted papilloma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra leiomyoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra leiomyoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra squamous cell carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra squamous cell carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra transitional cell carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethra transitional cell carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethral disorder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethral urothelial papilloma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethral urothelial papilloma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethral verrucous carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethral verrucous carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethral villous adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethral villous adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethritis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethritis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Azithromycin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Erythromycin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

2 entries above are marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred them by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts these links directly. Treat them as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Radical cystectomy Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Radical Cystoprostatectomy Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Urethrostomy Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0