Genitourinary system

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Genitourinary system
Some components of the female and male genitourinary system
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Identifiers
Latinapparatus urogenitalis, systema urogenitale
MeSHD014566
Anatomical terminology

The genitourinary system, or urogenital system, are the

male urethra. Also, because of their proximity, the systems are sometimes imaged together.[2]

The term "apparatus urogenitalis" was used in

splanchnologia) but is not used in the current Terminologia Anatomica
.

Development

The urinary and reproductive organs are developed from the

Müllerian ducts of the sex organ. The pronephros disappears very early; the structural elements of the mesonephros mostly degenerate, but the gonad
is developed in their place, with which the Wolffian duct remains as the duct in males, and the Müllerian as that of the female. Some of the tubules of the mesonephros form part of the permanent kidney.

Disorders

Deaths due to genitourinary diseases per million persons in 2012
  22-87
  88-106
  107-123
  124-137
  138-148
  149-164
  165-177
  178-214
  215-255
  256-382

Disorders of the genitourinary system includes a range of disorders from those that are asymptomatic to those that manifest an array of signs and symptoms. Causes for these disorders include congenital anomalies, infectious diseases, trauma, or conditions that secondarily involve the urinary structure.

To gain access to the body, pathogens can penetrate mucous membranes lining the genitourinary tract.

Malformations

Urogenital malformations include:

As a medical specialty, genitourinary pathology is the subspecialty of

urinary tract, male genital tract and testes. However, medical disorders of the kidneys are generally within the expertise of renal pathologists. Genitourinary pathologists generally work closely with urologic surgeons
.

References

  1. ^ "genitourinary system" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
  2. ^ "UC Davis Department of Radiology - Genitourinary Radiology". Retrieved 2010-03-16.

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