Translation for '
Urethra' from English to Icelandic
| NOUN | a urethra | urethras / urethrae | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- The external sphincter muscle of female urethra is a muscle which controls urination in females.
- If there is no contraindication to full urinary catheterisation such as false passage or stricture, the urinary catheter should be inserted until urinary bladder to perform voiding cystourethrography to visualise the prostatic urethra and membranous urethra.
- , also known as the external urethral orifice, is the opening of the urethra.
- In males, the urethral crest is known as the "crista urethralis masculinae", or the "crista phallica", and is a longitudinal fold on the posterior wall of the urethra extending from the uvula of the bladder through the prostatic urethra.
- The spongy urethra (cavernous portion of urethra, penile urethra) is the longest part of the male urethra, and is contained in the corpus spongiosum of the penis.
- The transobturator tape (TOT or Monarc) sling procedure aims to eliminate stress urinary incontinence by providing support under the urethra.
- Management depends on what part of the urethra was injured and to what extent.
- After the third month, urethra also contributes to the development of associated structures depending on the biological sex of the embryo.
- Temporary implantable nitinol device (marketed as TIND and iTIND) is a device that is placed in the urethra that, when released, is expanded, reshaping the urethra and the bladder neck.
- Surgery involves making an incision between the anus and scrotum (perineal incision) and dissecting out the bulbar urethra and locating the scar and membranoprostatic urethra.
- In some species, branched tubular mucous glands are found along the length of the urethra, especially dorsal to the lumen of the urethra. The exact function of their product is not clear.
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