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Urogenital System
| Definition: |
All the organs involved in reproduction and the formation and release of URINE. It includes the kidneys, ureters, BLADDER, URETHRA, and the organs of reproduction - ovaries, UTERUS, FALLOPIAN TUBES, VAGINA, and CLITORIS in women and the testes, SEMINAL VESICLES, PROSTATE, seminal ducts, and PENIS in men. |
| Notes: |
must be both uro + genital; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES is available but consider also specific urogenital organs with /abnorm; UROGRAPHY is available but consider also specific organs with /radiogr; /surg: consider also |
| Also Called: |
Urogenital Effects |
Urogenital System Categories.
Urogenital System Definitions and Terms
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