Any passage or opening leading to the interior of the body is known as a meatus.
The external opening through which urine passes out of the body is called the urinary meatus.
The plural of meatus is meatuses or meatus - both forms are accepted.
A meatus is a tubular opening or passage in the body.
No, external auditory meatus and external acoustic meatus refer to the same structure, which is the ear canal that leads from the outer ear to the eardrum.
Medullary Cavity. Answer for canal-like structure in the bone is : MEATUS.
The passageways are called the inferior meatus, the middle meatus and the superior meatus.
Yes that's why it is sometimes called the urethral opening
Cystitis is inflammation of the bladder; urethritis is inflammation of the urethra or meatus.
Meatus is the Latin plural. Apparently, meatus or meatuses can be correct in English. "...the plural of meatus remains meatus in Latin or becomes meatuses in English..." Per http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/resources/etymology.htm And also some references such as Dorland's state that the plural is also meatus. This appears to be one of those things that is changing over as doctors use it (correctly or incorrectly). Docs say meatuses per my personal experience.
Meatus is the singular. The plural form - which can hardly be necessary - would be meatus ( pronounced with a long last syllable "may-ya-TOOCE") in Latin, or simply meatuses.
The foramen and meatus are not bones. They are bone markings -- each is an opening in a bone.
An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is a tool used to examine internal body structures. An MRI of the internal auditory meatus is an MRI scan used to look for a problem with the nerves supplying the inner ear.
The opening of the urethra is the external urethral orifice.