GENERAL ANATOMY
URINARY SYSTEM
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-ectasis
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ureter/o
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-uria
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dia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Urine, excreted by the kidneys, collects in the bladder because of drainage from two ureters, before disposal by urination (micturition). Urine leaves the bladder via the urethra, a single muscular tube ending in an opening called the urinary meatus, where it exits the body.
Detailed explanation-2: -Micturition is the act of passing urine. Also called urinating and voiding.
Detailed explanation-3: -[Gr. ouron, urine +-ia] Suffix meaning presence (of something) in the urine, condition of the urine.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does urethro-mean? Urethro-is a combining form used like a prefix representing the word urethra, the tube that carries the urine from the bladder outside the body. In male organisms, the urethra also conveys sperm.