Urethra

"Urethra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A tube that transports URINE from the URINARY BLADDER to the outside of the body in both the sexes. It also has a reproductive function in the male by providing a passage for SPERM.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Urethra" by people in this website by year, and whether "Urethra" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 81 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2008
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