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urethra (y  rē`thrə), canal in most mammals that carries urine from the bladder bladder, urinary, muscular sac located in the pelvis that stores urine and contracts to expel it from the body. Urine enters the bladder from the kidneys through the ureters and is discharged from the body via the urethra ...... Click the link for more information. to the outside of the body; in the male it also serves as a genital duct. The urethra is about 1 1-2 in. long (3.8 cm) in women, terminating above the vaginal opening. In men the urethra is about 8 in. (20 cm) long and terminates in an opening at the end of the penis. In the male the urethra is connected to the prostate gland prostate gland, gland that is part of the male reproductive system . It is an organ about the size of a chestnut and consists of glandular and muscular tissue. It is situated below the neck of the bladder, encircling the urethra. ..... Click the link for more information. and to the seminal vesicles and testes. It transports semen received from those organs as well as urine. See also urinary system urinary system, group of organs of the body concerned with excretion of urine, that is, water and the waste products of metabolism. In humans, the kidneys are two small organs situated near the vertebral column at the small of the back, the left lying somewhat higher ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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| The condition, called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), squeezes the urethra, making urination difficult and frequent. John "Lofty" Wiseman of the British Special Air Service provides a compendium of esoteric information for the stranded: cook ants for at least six minutes, zigzag when fleeing a rhino, and don't urinate while swimming in the Amazon because a catfish might swim up your urethra. Since you guys are called the Catheters, should people think of painful tubes up their urethras when they hear your music? |
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