Sentences with word «meatus»

A urine culture requires as sterile a specimen as possible; that is, one that is not contaminated by the bacteria that normally inhabit the area around the urinary meatus (the opening through which the urine leaves the body).

Inflammation of the meatus (the opening of the penis) may occur after circumcision and can possibly lead to scarring.

This is due to diaper rash and chaffing because in circumcised boys, the meatus is more exposed.

In addition, balanitis, or inflammation of the meatus or opening of the penis, may occur in boys.

In addition, a new reconstruction has recently been made, and an examination of the meatus angle (the pitch of the face onto the cranium) for example, shows the following: common chimpanzee 49 °, A. africanus 47 - 53 °, P. boisei 53 °, and H. habilis (including KNM - ER 1470) 52 - 53 °.

To do this, your veterinarian may insert a flexible tube (catheter) through the meatus and urethra and into the bladder.