- 📍Region
- Pelvis.
- 🧩Key Structures
- Detrusor muscle, trigone, internal & external urethral sphincters; the male urethra has prostatic, membranous, and spongy parts.
- 🩺Clinical Correlation
- The short female urethra predisposes to UTIs; BPH compresses the prostatic urethra → obstruction.
High-Yield PearlFemale urethra is short → higher UTI risk; BPH obstructs the prostatic urethra.