Urethra in a sentence

During these procedures, a doctor will insert an instrument into a person's urethra or rectum to either destroy excess prostate tissue or widen the urethra.

Cystitis is a urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by bacteria that enters the bladder via the urethra.

He explains that if the angle between the urethra and bladder is narrow, then the urine can’t pass out easily, so you need to strain and push — which could ultimately lead to a hernia.

Lower UTIs are infections of the bladder or urethra — the tube which carries urine out of the body.

Researchers found that during the person’s early development as a baby, his urinary tube – or urethra – originally developed in the secondary penis.

An X-ray confirmed that the cable was inserted through the penile urethra but Islam said the man still insisted that he had consumed it orally.

According to the report, doctors were forced to squeeze the man’s penis using the “external pressure technique” in order to close the tweezers and prevent them from ripping his urethra.

A cystoscope, a long thin tube with a micro camera on the end was also slipped into the unfortunate bloke's urethra and doctors used it to exactly where the thermometer was.

A doctor shoves something called a resectoscope up your urethra and slices away chunks of prostate tissue.

Because women have a shorter urethra than males, bacteria can easily travel to the bladder thus they are known to develop a greater risk of acquiring this infection.

Here’s what I got from five years of biology class : “mollusc” is Latin for “soft flesh” and how to identify and label a urethra.

With age, the prostate gland wraps around the urethra (the tube that drains urine from the bladder).

Additional images Position of the urethra in males Transverse section of the penis.

Additional images Vertical section of bladder, penis, and urethra.

A person with IC may have discomfort only in the urethra, while another might struggle with pain in the entire pelvis.

Catheterization During a hospital stay or surgical procedure, a catheter may be inserted through the urethra to drain urine from the bladder.

Clinical significance Micrograph of urethral cancer ( urothelial cell carcinoma ), a rare problem of the urethra.

Clitoral and penile similarities and differences The clitoris and penis are generally the same anatomical structure, although the distal portion (or opening) of the urethra is absent in the clitoris of humans and most other animals.

During urination, the smooth muscle lining the urethra relaxes in concert with bladder contraction(s) to forcefully expel the urine in a pressurized stream.

During urination, the urine is passed from the bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body.