Internal urethral orifice

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Internal urethral orifice
Urinary bladder
The interior of bladder.
Latin	ostium urethrae internum
Gray's	subject #255 1232
Dorlands/Elsevier	o_09/12602099

The internal urethral orifice is placed at the apex of the trigonum vesicae, in the most dependent part of the bladder, and is usually somewhat crescentic in form; the mucous membrane immediately behind it presents a slight elevation, the uvula vesicae, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate.

[edit] External links

• Dictionary at eMedicine Internal+urethral+orifice
• SUNY Labs 44:06-0106 - "The Male Pelvis: The Urethra"

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