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Urinary Tract Anatomy, Location, Parts and Pictures

The organs of urinary system includes the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra. Collectively, these organs produce urine, store it and pass it out of the body. The process, however, has far reaching consequences in the body and an integral role in maintaining homeostasis. Since the kidney controls the fluid volume >> Read More ...

Bladder Pain Location and Symptoms

The urinary bladder lies in the lesser pelvis in adults and the lower part of the abdomen in adolescents. When distended, the adult bladder rises into the greater pelvis and in some individuals, it can extend into the lower abdomen. Bladder pain (cystalgia, cystodynia) may arise for a number of reasons including infectious >> Read More ...

Urethritis (Urethra Infection) in Men and Women

What is urethritis? Urethritis is the medical term for inflammation of the urethra, the muscular tube that carries urine from the bladder to pass it out into the external environment. Due to the frequency of urethritis occurring as a result of an infection, it is often accepted that the term urethritis is due to >> Read More ...

Narrow Urethra – Symptoms and Causes of Urethral Strictures

The urethra is the muscular tube that runs from the bladder to the external urethral orifice where it carries urine from the bladder to be expelled into the environment. In men, the urethra traverses the prostate gland, passes along the penis to terminate at the glans penis (penis tip). With women, the urethra is much >> Read More ...

Urethra (Males, Females) – Anatomy and Parts

The urethra is the canal that leads from the urinary bladder to allow for urine to be expelled into the environment. In men, the urethra also carries semen, traverses the prostate gland which lies below the bladder and runs through the penis. In women, the urethra is much shorter and terminates just anterior to the vagina. >> Read More ...