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The female and male urethra function in the same way for urinary elimination. The female urethra is shorter in length than a male's, with the female urethra approximately 1 1/2 inches long and the male urethra approximately 8 inches long. Therefore, females can be more vulnerable to urinary tract and bladder infections since the pathway for germs from outside the body is shorter in females. Both males and females have sphincter muscles at the base of the bladder that control the release of the urine from the bladder to the urethra.
In males, the urethra also functions as a tube for the release of semen in ejaculation. Their urethras intersect with the vas deferens, the tube that moves semen from the reproductive organs, at the area of the prostate gland. A valve at the base of the urethra directs the flow of either urine or semen through the urethral tube.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoIn males, the urethra travels through the penis, and carries semen as well as urine. In females, the urethra is shorter and emerges above the vaginal opening.
Women use their urethra only for urinating, but men use their urethra for both urinating and ejaculating.
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∙ 12y agocompare the length and course of the male urethra to the female urethra?
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∙ 12y agoThe urethra in the human female is much shorter than that of the male.
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∙ 11y agoThe female urethra solely carries urine. In the male, the urethra carries semen as well as urine.
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∙ 10y agoThe male urethra has travel a longer distance than the female urethra and so is longer.
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∙ 12y agothe female urethra is shorter
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