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urogenital fold
- Term ID
- UBERON:0004876
- Synonyms
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- urethral fold
- urogenital fold
- urogenital ridge
- Definition
- One of of the pair of folds derived from the cloacal folds which give rise to a portion of the external genitalia; in male embryos they close over the urethral plate and fuse to form the spongy (penile) urethra and ventral aspect of the penis, not including the glans; failure of fusion of the urethral folds leads to hypospadias; in female embryos they fuse only anterior to the anus and form the labia minora[MP]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urogenital_folds
- References
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- EHDAA2:0004022
- EMAPA:30888
- Urogenital:folds
- Ontology
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