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navicular fossa of spongiose part of urethra
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- UBERON:0012294
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- fossa navicularis of urethra
- fossa navicularis urethrae
- navicular fossa of urethra
- Definition
- The dilated terminal portion of the male spongy urethra located in the glans penis right before the external urethral orifice, also referred to as the most distal pendulous urethra; it is lined by stratified squamous, non-keratinizing epithelium; during development, the glans of the penis is initially solid but cannulates to give rise to the navicular fossa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navicular_fossa_of_male_urethra
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