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The urethra is a tube that leads from the bladder allowing you to pass urine.

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Who uses the urethra for reproductive system?

Male placental mammals use their urethra for both urination and reproduction.


Can you use a urethra sound instead of a urethra gauge?

The act of measuring the circumference of the urethra with a urethra gauge is called urethra gauging, an assessment performed by a health-care provider.The act of dilating the size of the urethra with a urethra sound is called urethra sounding, an intervention performed by a health-care provider.Urethra sounds are used to dilate the size of the urethra, usually performed by a urology specialist (urologist). This process of urethra sounding is performed on patients with urethra strictures as an intervention. This process of dilating the urethra differs from the measurement process in that the process of urethra sounding is an intervention. The process of urethra gauging is an assessment. Urethra gauges are used by doctors, nurses, and physician assistants to measure the circumference of the urethra prior to insertion of a urinary catheter, indwelling urinary catheter/Foley catheter. However, patients that undergo urinary catheterization without first the use of a urethra gauge are more likely to require the services of a urologist to circumvent further complications of improper urinary catheterization.


What part of the vagina does a woman urinate from?

the urethra


What portion of the urethra is between the prostate and penis?

The prostatic or membranous urethra


What are the diffence between the male and female urethra?

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.


What is the purpose of dilating the urethra?

Dilating the urethra is done when there is a stricture (abnormal narrowing) of the urethra in order to make the urethra wider.


What brings urine and semen out of the body and through the penis?

The urethra.


Ejaculatory opens into this part of urethra?

The ejaculatory duct opens into the prostatic part of the urethra, specifically where the prostatic urethra meets with the membranous urethra. This junction is located within the prostate gland.


Where does urine come out in a female?

The urethra; it is located between the clitoris and the vaginal introitus in the vulva.


What tube does sperm leave the body from?

urethra basically near the penis but its the urethra


What is the part in males that has prostatic and membranous and spongy parts?

Urethra has three regions in males, the prostatic urethra, membranous urethra, and the spongy urethra.


Urine and sperm leave the body through what structure?

the urethra which runs down the center of the erect penis. The urethra is also used for urination in both men and women.