Genitourinary system

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

The genitourinary system, or urogenital system, consists of the reproductive system and urinary system. These are grouped together in placental mammals because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathways. Because of this, the systems are sometimes imaged together.

The term "apparatus urogenitalis" was used in Nomina Anatomica (under splanchnologia) but is not used in the current Terminologia Anatomica.

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