2.9 MGT: Male Urethra

MALE URETHRA

Common passageway of sperm and urine extending from the bladder to the external urethral orifice

Pelvic part

Prostatic urethra

Penile or cavernous part

Corpus spongiosum

Colliculus seminalis

name the parts of the male urethra (5)

Pelvic part

extends from the neck of the bladder to the pelvic outlet

Prostatic urethra

travels through the prostate while the urethralis muscle encloses the rest of it.

Penile or cavernous part

begins where the urethra enters the bulb of the corpus spongiosum

corpus spongiosum

encircles the urethra to its external opening

Colliculus seminalis

mound projecting from the dorsal part of the prostatic part of the urethra

Prostatic artery

Urethral arteries

Artery of the bulb of penis

Urethral veins

Pelvic plexus

name the vessels and nerves of the male urethra (5)