Urethra, showing a stricture

Object numberGC.10908
TitleUrethra, showing a stricture
DescriptionThe floor of the prostatic, membranous and bulbous portions of a urethra, showing a stricture.
From an adult.
Each prostatic sinus shows the orifice of a prostatic duct, widely dilated. At the junction of the membranous and bulbous portions the lumen, the urethra is narrowed and crossed by a fibrous filament while the neighbouring epithelium is rough, and on a plane slightly distal to the fibrous filament which forms a little pocket with its concavity directed towards the urethral orifice.
Object nameURETHRA
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Height: 10 cm
Width: 5 cm
Depth: 5 cm