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Genitourinary system
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| Genitourinary system | |
|---|---|
 Some components of the female and male genitourinary system | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | apparatus urogenitalis, systema urogenitale |
| MeSH | D014566 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The genitourinary system, or urogenital system, are the sex organs of the reproductive system and the organs of the urinary system.[1] These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathways. Because of this, the systems are sometimes imaged together.[2] In placental mammals (including humans), the male urethra goes through and opens into the penis while the female urethra and vagina empty through the vulva.[3]
The term "apparatus urogenitalis" was used in Nomina Anatomica (under splanchnologia) but is not used in the current Terminologia Anatomica.
- ^ "genitourinary system" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ "UC Davis Department of Radiology - Genitourinary Radiology". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- ^ Marvalee H. Wake (15 September 1992). Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. University of Chicago Press. p. 583. ISBN 978-0-226-87013-7. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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