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.

Descriptor ID	D014521
MeSH Number(s)	A05.360.444.492.726 A05.810.876
Concept/Terms	Urethra Urethra Urethras Internal Urinary Sphincter Internal Urinary Sphincter Internal Urinary Sphincters Sphincter, Internal Urinary Urinary Sphincter, Internal Internal Urethral Sphincter Internal Urethral Sphincters Sphincter, Internal Urethral Internal Vesical Sphincter Internal Vesical Sphincters Sphincter, Internal Vesical Vesical Sphincter, Internal Urethral Sphincters Urethral Sphincters Sphincter, Urethral Urethral Sphincter External Urinary Sphincter External Urinary Sphincter External Urinary Sphincters Sphincter, External Urinary Urinary Sphincter, External External Urethral Sphincter External Urethral Sphincters Sphincter, External Urethral Urethral Sphincter, External

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Urethra".

Anatomy [A]
Urogenital System [A05]
Genitalia [A05.360]
Genitalia, Male [A05.360.444]
Penis [A05.360.444.492]
Urethra [A05.360.444.492.726]
Urinary Tract [A05.810]
Urethra [A05.810.876]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	1	2	3
2013	1	1	2
2015	0	1	1
2019	2	0	2
2020	0	1	1
2023	1	1	2

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Silverstein JW, Block J, Olmsted ZT, Green R, Pieters T, Babarevech K, Ballas-Williamson A, Skinner SA, Sciubba DM, Larry Lo SF. Intraoperative Monitoring of the External Urethral Sphincter Reflex: A Novel Adjunct to Bulbocavernosus Reflex Neuromonitoring for Protecting the Sacral Neural Pathways Responsible for Urination, Defecation and Sexual Function. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2024 Sep 01; 41(6):558-564.

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Zhang TR, Alford A, Wang A, Zhao LC. Robotic-assisted Posterior Urethroplasty: Outcomes From 105 Men in a Single-center Experience. Urology. 2023 11; 181:167-173.

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Erickson BA, Flynn KJ, Hahn AE, Cotter K, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Buckley JC, Elliott SP, Myers JB, Peterson AC, Rourke KF, Smith TG, Vanni AJ, Voelzke BB, Zhao LC. Response to Letter to Editor: "Development and Validation of a Male Anterior Urethral Stricture Classification System". Urology. 2021 01; 147:327-328.

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Heindel JJ, Belcher S, Flaws JA, Prins GS, Ho SM, Mao J, Patisaul HB, Ricke W, Rosenfeld CS, Soto AM, Vom Saal FS, Zoeller RT. Data integration, analysis, and interpretation of eight academic CLARITY-BPA studies. Reprod Toxicol. 2020 12; 98:29-60.

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Feng M, Wang Z, Liu Z, Liu D, Zheng K, Lu P, Liu C, Zhang M, Li J. The RyR-ClCa -VDCC axis contributes to spontaneous tone in urethral smooth muscle. J Cell Physiol. 2019 12; 234(12):23256-23267.

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Granieri MA, Zhao LC, Breyer BN, Voelzke BB, Baradaran N, Grucela AL, Marcello P, Vanni AJ. Multi-Institutional Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Harvest of Rectal Mucosa Graft for Anterior Urethral Reconstruction. J Urol. 2019 06; 201(6):1164-1170.

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Cotter KJ, Hahn AE, Voelzke BB, Myers JB, Smith TG, Elliott SP, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Vanni AJ, Buckley JC, Zhao LC, Broghammer JA, Erickson BA. Trends in Urethral Stricture Disease Etiology and Urethroplasty Technique From a Multi-institutional Surgical Outcomes Research Group. Urology. 2019 08; 130:167-174.

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Chapman DW, Cotter K, Johnsen NV, Patel S, Kinnaird A, Erickson BA, Voelzke B, Buckley J, Rourke K. Nontransecting Techniques Reduce Sexual Dysfunction after Anastomotic Bulbar Urethroplasty: Results of a Multi-Institutional Comparative Analysis. J Urol. 2019 02; 201(2):364-370.

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Cotter KJ, Flynn KJ, Hahn AE, Voelzke BB, Myers JB, Smith TG, Elliott SP, Alsikafi NF, Breyer BN, Vanni AJ, Buckley JC, Zhao LC, Erickson BA. Prevalence of Post-Micturition Incontinence before and after Anterior Urethroplasty. J Urol. 2018 10; 200(4):843-847.

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Solomon ER, Jelovsek JE. Removing a misplaced retropubic midurethral sling from the urethra and bladder neck using ear, nose, and throat instruments. Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Jan; 125(1):58-61.

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