What's the acid present in urethra?
Answers
Answer:
The urethra (from Greek οὐρήθρα – ourḗthrā) is a tube that connects the urinary bladder to the urinary meatus for the removal of urine from the body of both females and males. In human females and other primates, the urethra connects to the urinary meatus above the vagina, whereas in marsupials, the female's urethra empties into the urogenital sinus.[1]
Urethra
Female and Male Urethra.jpg
The urethra transports urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. This image shows (a) a female urethra and (b) a male urethra.
Details
Precursor
Urogenital sinus
Artery
Inferior vesical artery
Middle rectal artery
Internal pudendal artery
Vein
Inferior vesical vein
Middle rectal vein
Internal pudendal vein
Nerve
Pudendal nerve
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
Inferior hypogastric plexus
Lymph
Internal iliac lymph nodes
Deep inguinal lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latin
urethra vagina; feminina (female); urethra masculina (male)
Greek
οὐρήθρα
MeSH
D014521
TA98
A08.4.01.001F
A08.5.01.001M
TA2
3426, 3442
FMA
19667
Anatomical terminology
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Females use their urethra only for urinating, but males use their urethra for both urination and ejaculation.[2] The external urethral sphincter is a striated muscle that allows voluntary control over urination.[3] The internal sphincter, formed by the involuntary smooth muscles lining the bladder neck and urethra, receives its nerve supply by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system.[4] The internal sphincter is present both in males and females.[5][6][7]