Navicular fossa of male urethra
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Navicular fossa of male urethra | |
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The male urethra laid open on its anterior (upper) surface. | |
Latin | fossa navicularis urethrae |
Gray's | subject #256 1235 |
Dorlands/Elsevier | f_14/12376405 |
The cavernous portion of the urethra is narrow, and of uniform size in the body of the penis, measuring about 6 mm. in diameter; it is dilated behind, within the bulb, and again anteriorly within the glans penis, where it forms the fossa navicularis urethræ.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 44:06-0205 - "The Male Pelvis: The Urethra"
- Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_35/35-1.HTM
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