female urethra

The female urethra is much shorter than that of the male.

The female urethra is about 4 cm in length.

After urination, the female urethra empties partially by gravity, with assistance from muscles.

"Walther's dilator": An instrument used for dilation of the female urethra.

Because the female urethra is so much shorter than the male, this structure is often impossible to find on a female cadaver.

The external sphincter muscle of female urethra is a muscle which controls urination in women.

The female urethra is lined by transitional cell mucosa proximally and stratified squamous cells distally.

Skene's glands in the female urethra are regarded as the homologues of the prostatic glands.

Urethral sounds are designed to be inserted into the male or female urethra, for the purpose of stretching or unblocking a stricture.

The lack of an equivalent mechanism in the female urethra partly explains why urinary tract infections occur so much more frequently in females.

Between the superior and inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm, the female urethra is surrounded by the Sphincter urethae.

Skinner EC, Skinner DG: Management of carcinoma of the female urethra.

External sphincter muscle of female urethra (Musculus sphincter urethrae externus urethrae femininae)

Bracken RB, Johnson DE, Miller LS, et al.: Primary carcinoma of the female urethra.

Sailer SL, Shipley WU, Wang CC: Carcinoma of the female urethra: a review of results with radiation therapy.

A good example of the latter is the transference of commands such as E. coli, from the anal area, to the entrance of the female urethra, leading to infection of the urinary tract.