MALE URETHRA RELEVANT ANATOMY

MALE URETHRA RELEVANT ANATOMY

It has four parts

1.       Prostatic

2.       Membranous

3.       Bulbar

4.       Penile

What is Verumontanum?

                It’s a small hillock of tissue indented at its crown by a pit called utriculus masculinus which marks the proximal extent of the external urethral sphincter and is an important landmark for urologists performing transurethral prostate resection.

What is Navicular Fossa?

              The penile urethra becomes dilated at the glans penis where is called navicular fossa.

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Commonest site of urethral injury during pelvic fracture?

              Membranous urethra