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{{WikipediaQuote |URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_meatus |title=Urinary meatus}}
The '''urinary meatus''', also known as the '''external urethral orifice''', is the opening of the [[urethra]]. (Meatus refers to a tubular opening or passage in the body. From Latin '''meātus''': ''a course, passing''.) It is the point where [[urine]] exits the urethra in both sexes and where [[semen ]] exits the urethra in males. The meatus has varying degrees of sensitivity to touch. The meatus is located on the [[glans penis|glans of the penis]] or in the vulval vestibule.
==In human males==
The male '''external urethral orifice''' is the external opening or urinary meatus, normally located at the tip of the [[glans penis]], at its junction with the [[frenular delta]]. It presents as a vertical slit, possibly bounded on either side by two small labia-like projections, and continues longitudinally along the front aspect of the [[glans]], which facilitates the flow of urine [[micturition]]. In some cases, the opening may be more rounded. This can occur naturally or may also occur as a side effect of excessive skin removal during circumcision. The meatus is a sensitive part of the [[male reproductive system]].
[[Meatal stenosis]] is a late complication of [[circumcision]], which occurs in about 10–20 percent of newborn circumcised boys after the loss of the protection of the [[foreskin]].<ref name ="CPS">{{REFjournal
|last=Sorokan
|first=S. Todd
|init=SK
|last2=Finlay
|first2=Jane C.
|init2=JC
|last3=Jefferies
|first3=Ann L. |init3=AAL
|title=Newborn male circumcision
|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26435672/
|journal=Paediatr Child Health
|publisher=Canadian Paediatric Society, Fetus and Newborn Committee, Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee |date=2015-09 |accessdate=2022-01-19
|volume=20
|issue=6
|pages=311–5
|DOI=10.1093/pch/20.6.311
|pubmedID=26435672
|publisher=IntechOpen
|DOI=10.5772/22301
|accessdate=2022-01-19
}}</ref><br clear=left>
{{REF}}
[[Category:TermCircumcision complication]][[Category:Circumcision risk]][[Category:Medical term]]